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Languages and Language Varieties - Russell Joan, Communicative competence in a minority group: A sociolinguistic study of the Swahili-speaking community in the Old Town, Mombasa. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981. Pp. xiv + 262.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Benji Wald
Affiliation:
National Center for Bilingual Research4665 Lampson AvenueLos Alamitos, CA90720

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