Sociolinguistics and modern Greek: Past, current, and future directions

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 126, 1997, Pages 5-32

  Kakavá, Christina ^a  

^a Mary Washington College   (United States)

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EID: 34247424683     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1997.126.5     Document Type: Article

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