“I’m speaking English instead of my culture” portraits of language use and change among native American youth

Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education: Language, Literacy, and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 69-98

  Zepeda, Ofelia ^b   Romero Little, Mary Eunice ^a   Warhol, Larisa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203863442     Document Type: Chapter

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