A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Language Preferences of Adolescent Bilinguals: Shifting Allegiances and Developing Identities

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 490-514+549

  Caldas, Stephen J ^a   Caron Caldas, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Prairie Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 0345016368     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/23.4.490     Document Type: Article

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