'Writing it in English': Script choices among young multilingual Muslims in the UK

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-179

  Rosowsky, Andrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliteracy; Diaspora; Heritage languages; Language shift; Plurilingualism; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952881249     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630903514204     Document Type: Article

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