E pluribus unum: Bilingualism and loss of language in the second generation

Sociology of Education

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-294

  Portes, Alejandro ^a   Hao, Lingxin ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032348278     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673171     Document Type: Article

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