Immigrant parents’ perceptions of their children’s language practices: Afrikaans speakers living in New Zealand

Language Awareness

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-79

  Barkhuizen, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Afrikaans speakers; Immigrant parents; Language shift; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248706386     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410608668851     Document Type: Article

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