The sociolinguistics of script choice: An introduction

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 192, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Unseth, Peter ^a  

^a Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics

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EID: 61249247716     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJSL.2008.030     Document Type: Review

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