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Publication details [#58590]

Mu, Guanglun Michael. 2014. Heritage Language learning for Chinese Australians: the role of habitus. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 35 (5) : 497–510.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnicity | language and culture | language proficiency | language use

Language as a subject

Chinese | English, Australian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Using Bourdieu's habitus concept, this study argues that habitus of Chineseness is one of the significant forecasters of Chinese Australians' Chinese Heritage Language (CHL) competence.