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Li Wei, Three generations, two languages, one family: Language choice and language shift in a Chinese community in Britain. (Multilingual matters, 104.) Clevedon (UK) & Philadelphia (PA): Multilingual Matters, 1994. Pp. viii, 221. Hb £49.00, $99.00; pb £16.95, $34.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2009

David C. S. Li
David C. S. Li
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English, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Language in Society , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 147 - 151
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