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Brent-Palmer, Cora – 1979
This study challenges the Toukamaa and Skutnabb-Kangas theory of semilingualism and suggests that an integrated set of sociological and sociolinguistic factors can predict the performance of minority bilinguals in school. Semilingualism is described as a low level of competence in the minority language, a linguistic handicap that prevents the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests
