Bilingual toddlers reap the language they sow: Ethnic minority toddlers' childcare attendance increases maternal host language use

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-576

  Prevoo, Mariëlle J L ^a   Mesman, Judi ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Pieper, Suzanne ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bilingual; childcare; immigrants; maternal language use; neighbourhood; toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857964876     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2011.609279     Document Type: Article

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