CHINESE LANGUAGE VARIATION AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES IN TIANJIN: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY.
Language variation in a context is influenced by various factors. While there has been some research regarding English language variation, there has not been much research pertaining to Chinese variation (Gao, 2017; Xu, 2015). In the present study, we examined different language usages among differe...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 186 - 199 |
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