Language acquisition, ethnicity and social integration among former Soviet immigrants of the 1990s in Israel

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-454

  Remennick, Larissa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Language acquisition; Russian immigrants

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANGUAGE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2442422116     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01491987042000189213     Document Type: Article

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