The old man and the letter: Repertoires of literacy and languaging in a modern multiethnic Gambian village

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Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-179

  Juffermans, Kasper ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Ethnography; Languaging; Literacy; Multilingualism; West Africa

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EID: 79952787953     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2011.547286     Document Type: Article

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