Language shift and the family: Questions from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora 1

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-176

  Canagarajah, A Suresh ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Diaspora; Family; Language shift; SriLanka; Tamil

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149141845     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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