Emergent spelling patterns in Sm’algyax (Tsimshian, British Columbia)

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-194

  Stebbins, Tonya ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84989373180     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.4.2.03ste     Document Type: Article

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