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Language, Society and Identity in Early Iceland Stephen Pax Leonard (2012) [Publications of the Philological Society, 45] London: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 198 ISBN 978-1-118-29496-3

Issue: Vol 8 No. 2 (2014)

Journal: Sociolinguistic Studies

Subject Areas: Gender Studies Linguistics

DOI: 10.1558/sols.v8i2.315

Abstract:

Book review.

Author: Kendra J. Willson

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