The association between language maintenance and family relations: Chinese immigrant children in Australia

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 408-424

  Tannenbaum, Michal ^a   Howie, Pauline ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0242363029     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630208666477     Document Type: Article

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