Mandarin maintenance among immigrant children from the people's republic of china: An examination of individual networks of linguistic contact

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Zhang, Jingning ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritage languages; K 12; Mandarin; Usa

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249107465     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310903308279     Document Type: Article

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