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Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. 1967. An Issei learns English. Journal of Social Issues 23 (2) : 78–90.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

E. investigates two aspects of the acquisition of English in a group of Issei (first generation immigrant Japanese wives of American servicemen). Why do some learn English faster than others, and why do some learn what to say as well as how to say it in English?

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