Emotional aspects of language brokering among Mexican American adults

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-343

  Weisskirch, Robert S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Family relations; Language broker; Mexican American; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249156359     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jmmd421.1     Document Type: Article

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