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Publication details [#27086]

Lambert, Wallace E. and Donald M. Taylor. 1996. Language in the lives of ethnic minorities: Cuban American families in Miami. Applied Linguistics 17 (4) : 477–500.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and culture | language maintenance | language proficiency | minority | mother-child conversation | school
Language as a subject
English, American | Spanish
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
0142-6001
Journal WWW
http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper compares working- and middle-class Cuban American mothers' bilingual language fluency and accomodation attitudes with their children's bilingual language skills and school performance.