A Tale of Three Sisters: Language Ideologies, Identities, and Negotiations in a Bilingual, Transnational Family

International Multilingual Research Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-65

  King, Kendall A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; Ecuador; identity; language ideology; sibling; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873186376     PISSN: 19313152     EISSN: 19313160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2013.746800     Document Type: Article

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