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Book Title: Language, Culture And Identity: An Ethnolinguistic Perspecti...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Philip Riley
Publication Name: Language, Culture and Identity : an Ethnolinguistic Perspective
Format: United Kingdom-Trade PAPER
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2007
Series: Advances in Sociolinguistics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 274 Pages
