The Latent speaker: Attaining adult fluency in an endangered language

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-597

  Basham, Charlotte ^a   Fathman, Ann K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athabascan; Endangered language; Heritage language; Indigenous language; Language revitalisation; Latent speaker

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949087379     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb428.0     Document Type: Article

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