Claire Kramsch. Language as symbolic power. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 280 pp. ISBN 978-1-108-83586-2

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Kanglong Liu | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Published online: 8 February 2022

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Claire Kramsch. Language as symbolic power. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 280 pp. ISBN 978-1-108-83586-2

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Claire Kramsch. Language as symbolic power. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 280 pp. ISBN 978-1-108-83586-2