Ideologies, struggles and contradictions: An account of mothers raising their children bilingually in Luxembourgish and English in Great Britain

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-112

  Kirsch, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilingual acquisition; childhood bilingualism; language ideologies; language planning; minority languages; multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859153474     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.607229     Document Type: Article

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