Intergenerational Spanish transmission in El Paso, Texas: Parental perceptions of cost/benefit

Spanish in Context

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Velázquez, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b 1111 Oldfather Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Border dynamics; Language attitudes; Language loss; Language maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649816585     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.6.1.05vel     Document Type: Article

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