Language shift and language accommodation across family generations in Taiwan

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-147

  Sandel, Todd L ^a   Chao, Wen Yu ^a   Liang, Chung Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Identity; Language ideologies; Language shift; Mother tongue education; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249151230     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630608668544     Document Type: Article

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