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Review published In: Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol. 32:3 (2008) ► pp.303–306

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Mark Sebba. Spelling and Society: The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xix + 189 pp.

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Published online: 12 December 2008
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