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Acquisition, Attrition, and Revitalization of Hebrew in Immigrant Children

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Kaufman, D. (2005). Acquisition, Attrition, and Revitalization of Hebrew in Immigrant Children. In: Ravid, D.D., Shyldkrot, H.BZ. (eds) Perspectives on Language and Language Development. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7911-7_29

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