The significance of Bilingual Chinese, Malay and Tamil children's english network patterns on community language use patterns

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-91

  Saravanan, Vanithamani ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilingual Chinese; Community language use patterns; Malay Tamil children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846642255     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443011660107     Document Type: Article

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