Licked by the mother tongue: Imagining everyday Sanskrit at home and in the world

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-45

  Hastings, Adi ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 48649108195     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2008.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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