The acquisition of sociolinguistic evaluations among Polish-born adolescents learning English: Evidence from perception

Language Awareness

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-322

  Clark, Lynn ^a   Schleef, Erik ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Immigration; Polish; Sociolinguistic awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650313307     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658416.2010.524301     Document Type: Article

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