Mother tongue as a determining variable in language attitudes. The case of immigrant Latin American Students in Spain (*)

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 246-260

  Huguet, Ángel ^a   Janés, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan; Immigrant students; Language attitudes; Latin America; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249150891     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470802303082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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