Parental attitudes toward mandarin maintenance in arizona: An examination of immigrants from the People's Republic of China

Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-269

  Zhang, Jingning ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960512528     PISSN: 15427587     EISSN: 15427595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427587.2010.527563     Document Type: Article

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