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Publication details [#65249]
Kirsch, Claudine and Nikos Gogonas. 2018. ‘In this country my children are learning two of the most important languages in Europe’: ideologies of language as a commodity among Greek migrant families in Luxembourg. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 21 (4) : 426–438.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
Annotation
The language ideologies of three middle-class migrant Greek families in Luxembourg converge. All parents consider multilingualism as a gain and link it to culture, identity and work chances. Thus, the evolution of children’s multilingualism in French, German and English is considered as a ‘commodity’.