Why make books for people who don't read? A perspective on documentation of an endangered language from solomon islands

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn 2002, Issue 155-156, 2002, Pages 205-219

  Terrill, Angela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 61849127299     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2002.029     Document Type: Article

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