Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands (2024)

Cárdenas, D. (2021). Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40(3), 328-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X20979631

Cárdenas, Diana ; Verkuyten, Maykel. / Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands. In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2021 ; Vol. 40, No. 3. pp. 328-353.

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Cárdenas, D 2021, 'Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands', Journal of Language and Social Psychology, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 328-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X20979631

Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands. / Cárdenas, Diana; Verkuyten, Maykel.
In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 40, No. 3, 06.2021, p. 328-353.

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Cárdenas D, Verkuyten M. Foreign Language Usage and National and European Identification in the Netherlands. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2021 Jun;40(3):328-353. doi: 10.1177/0261927X20979631