Multilingualism in decline: Language repertoire, use and shift in two Hong Kong Indian communities

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-273

  Detaramani, Champa ^a   Lock, Graham ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Language shift; Minority communities; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248170230     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630308666501     Document Type: Article

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