THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: A Case Study of Young Poles, Language and Identity1

The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 35-52

  Nestor, Niamh ^a   Regan, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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