Gender differences in identity and acculturation patterns and L2 accent attainment

Journal of Language, Identity and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-35

  Polat, Nihat ^a   Mahalingappa, Laura J ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Gender; Identity; Kurdish; L2 accent attainment; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952881965     PISSN: 15348458     EISSN: 15327701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348450903476832     Document Type: Article

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