Language and dementia: Sociolinguistic aspects

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-110

  Hamilton, Heidi E ^a  

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EID: 56349139196     PISSN: 02671905     EISSN: 14716356     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1017/S0267190508080069     Document Type: Review

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