Relationships Among Language Ideologies, Family Language Policies, and Children's Language Achievement: A Look at Cantonese-English Bilinguals in the U.S

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-313

  Leung, Genevieve ^a   Uchikoshi, Yuuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871166173     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2012.731588     Document Type: Article

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