A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland

Research on the bilingual identity of heritage language learners is a field emerging at the turn of the 21st century. This study explored the Chinese identity and Finnish identity of a group of Chinese heritage learners aged from 5 to 16 from the perspective of identity-as-narrative. The main goal w...

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Main Author: Li, Qingyang
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Language and Communication Studies, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/64507
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title A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
title_full A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
title_fullStr A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
title_full_unstemmed A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
title_short A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies
title_sort research on finnish chinese children s bilingual identity through multiliteracies a case study of chinese heritage learners in central finland
title_sub a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
title_txtP A research on Finnish-Chinese children’s bilingual identity through multiliteracies : a case study of Chinese heritage learners in Central Finland
topic Chinese heritage learners Finnish-Chinese bilingual identity visual narratives multiliteracies Soveltavan kielitieteen maisteriopinnot Master's Degree Programme in Applied Linguistics 314 kieli ja kielet kaksikielisyys suomalaisuus kielellinen identiteetti identiteetti kiinalaisuus languages bilingualism Finnish identity linguistic identity identity (mental objects) Chinese identity
topic_facet 314 Chinese heritage learners Chinese identity Finnish identity Finnish-Chinese bilingual identity Master's Degree Programme in Applied Linguistics Soveltavan kielitieteen maisteriopinnot bilingualism identiteetti identity (mental objects) kaksikielisyys kielellinen identiteetti kieli ja kielet kiinalaisuus languages linguistic identity multiliteracies suomalaisuus visual narratives
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