Multilingualism in the Workplace: Issues of Space and Social Order

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Multilingualism in the Workplace : Issues of Space and Social Order. / Kraft, Kamilla; Flubacher, Mi Cha.

The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. ed. / Carolyn McKinney; Pinky Makoe; Virginia Zavala. 2nd Edition. ed. London : Routledge, 2023. p. 369-382 (The Routledge Handbook, Vol. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd ed.).

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Harvard

Kraft, K & Flubacher, MC 2023, Multilingualism in the Workplace: Issues of Space and Social Order. in C McKinney, P Makoe & V Zavala (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. 2nd Edition edn, Routledge, London, The Routledge Handbook, vol. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd ed., pp. 369-382. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003214908

APA

Kraft, K., & Flubacher, M. C. (2023). Multilingualism in the Workplace: Issues of Space and Social Order. In C. McKinney, P. Makoe, & V. Zavala (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism (2nd Edition ed., pp. 369-382). Routledge. The Routledge Handbook Vol. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd ed. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003214908

Vancouver

Kraft K, Flubacher MC. Multilingualism in the Workplace: Issues of Space and Social Order. In McKinney C, Makoe P, Zavala V, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. 2nd Edition ed. London: Routledge. 2023. p. 369-382. (The Routledge Handbook, Vol. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd ed.). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003214908

Author

Kraft, Kamilla ; Flubacher, Mi Cha. / Multilingualism in the Workplace : Issues of Space and Social Order. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. editor / Carolyn McKinney ; Pinky Makoe ; Virginia Zavala. 2nd Edition. ed. London : Routledge, 2023. pp. 369-382 (The Routledge Handbook, Vol. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd ed.).

Bibtex

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