Language shift and maintenance among the children of immigrants in the U.S.: Evidence in the Census for Spanish speakers and other language minorities

Spanish in Context

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-254

  Mora, Marie T ^a   Villa, Daniel J ^b   Dávila, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language maintenance; Language shift; Spanish transmission; Synthetic cohort

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249163542     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.3.2.04mor     Document Type: Article

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