'They all speak your language anyway...': Language and racism in a South African school

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-24

  Painter, Desmond ^a   Baldwin, Robyn ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 3042600330     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630403400101     Document Type: Article

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