Endangered languages, sociolinguistics, and linguistic sentimentalism

European Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-580

  De Swaan, Abram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUP;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8844244107     PISSN: 10627987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1062798704000481     Document Type: Article

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