Signs of multilingualism in Tokyo — a diachronic look at the linguistic landscape

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn 2005, Issue 175-176, 2005, Pages 103-121

  Backhaus, Peter ^a  

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EID: 33646367291     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2005.2005.175-176.103     Document Type: Article

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