Sociolinguistic parallels between choosing scripts and languages

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-42

  Unseth, Peter ^a  

^a Graduate Institute Of Applied Linguistics And Sil International   (United States)

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EID: 34248702073     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.8.1.02uns     Document Type: Article

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