Fishing for words: The taboo language of Shetland fishermen and the dating of Norn language death

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-113

  Knooihuizen, Remco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60949534429     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2007.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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