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Vol. 5:2 (1984) ► pp.275–280

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Robert L. Cooper. . [Language Spread: Studies in Diffusion and Social Change]. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1982. v + 360 pp. $17.50

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 | Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana
Published online: 1 January 1984
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