Variation among siblings in the use of a non-english language

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1008-1025

  Stevens, Gillian ^a   Ishizawa, Hiromi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Minority language retention; Mother tongue shift; Non English language; Sibling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547253255     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07301433     Document Type: Article

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