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Language Death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect. Nancy C. Dorian Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. Pp. 202.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Tracy K. Harris
Affiliation:
Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C.

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