Dominican Americans in Washington Heights, New York: Language and culture in a transnational community

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-727

  Dicker, Susan J ^a  

^a HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Bilingualism; Dominican Americans; Language minorities; US immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186236     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb350.0     Document Type: Article

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