Structural and individual covariates of english language proficiency

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1079-1104

  Hwang, Sean Shong ^a,b   Xi, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 42149108456     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0017     Document Type: Article

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