From russian to hebrew via hebrush: Intergenerational patterns of language use among former soviet immigrants in Israel

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-453

  Remennick, Larissa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Core cultural values; Israel; Multigenerational family; Russian immigrants; Social status of language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751523168     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630308666509     Document Type: Article

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