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Publication details [#66113]

Xia, Tian and Qi Shen. 2019. Individual agency in language acquisition planning for multi-dialectism: A Shanghai story. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 22 (3) : 338–351.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This article explores the individual agency exerted by diverse actors in the process of language planning for multi-dialectism in Shanghai, China. Language acquisition planning is taken on as the analytical frame to distinguish the multiple roles individual actors have played in fostering the use and acquisition of the Shanghai dialect.