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Annette Schmidt, Young people's Dyirbal: An example of language death from Australia. (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Supplementary Volume). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xviii + 252.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Edith L. Bavin
Edith L. Bavin
Affiliation:
Linguistics Division, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
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Language in Society , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 440 - 445
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