Inter-generational language shift and maintenance: language practice observed in Guangzhou Hakka families
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Universals of language maintenance, shift and change.
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Ethnicity
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1463-1369,1469-2953
DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2020.1762164