Dominant-language replacement: The case of international adoptees

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-140

  Hyltenstam, Kenneth ^a   Bylund, Emanuel ^a   Abrahamsson, Niclas ^a   Park, Hyeon Sook ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

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EID: 68849106489     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728908004008     Document Type: Article

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