Attitudes toward Spanish language maintenance or shift (LMLS) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 158, 2002, Pages 121-140

  Mejías, Hugo A ^a   Anderson, Pamela L ^a   Carlson, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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EID: 34247454719     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
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