Foreign language exposure, cultural threat, and opposition to immigration

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-657

  Newman, Benjamin J ^a   Hartman, Todd K ^b   Taber, Charles S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigration; Language; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866552267     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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