Africa's linguistic diversity

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 559-580

  Sands, Bonny ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 63449090036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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