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Brian V. Street, (ed.), Cross-cultural approaches to literacy. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xii, 321. Hb $59.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2009

Douglas Biber
Douglas Biber
Affiliation:
English, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032*
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Language in Society , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 1995 , pp. 447 - 451
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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