Invited Forum: Bridging the "Language Gap"

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-86

  Avineri, Netta ^a   Johnson, Eric ^b   Brice Heath, Shirley ^c   Mccarty, Teresa ^d   Ochs, Elinor ^d   Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^d   Blum, Susan ^e   Zentella, Ana Celia ^f   Rosa, Jonathan ^g   Flores, Nelson ^h   Alim, H Samy ⁱ   Paris, Django ^j  

^a MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Education; Language Gap; Language socialization; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929359666     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jola.12071     Document Type: Article

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