Changes in language usage of Puerto Rican mothers and their children: Do gender and timing of exposure to English matter?

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-297

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Lawrence, Frank ^b   Rodriguez, Barbara ^c   Davison, Megan Dunn ^a   Miccio, Adele W ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 79960426850     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S014271641000041X     Document Type: Article

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