What’s in a name? The politics of naming, power and symbolic violence in Chinese L2 classrooms
Published online on March 14, 2026
Abstract
Language Teaching Research, Ahead of Print.
This article explores the socially and politically laden practices of assigning Chinese names to international students—a well-established yet under-researched phenomenon in China. Drawing on interview data with both 117 international students and 10 ...
This article explores the socially and politically laden practices of assigning Chinese names to international students—a well-established yet under-researched phenomenon in China. Drawing on interview data with both 117 international students and 10 ...