Sociolinguistic approaches to writing systems research

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Sebba, Mark ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76549123137     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wsr/wsp002     Document Type: Review

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