Radio time sharing and the negotiation of linguistic pluralism in Zambia

Spitulnik, Debra

doi:10.1075/prag.2.3.12spi

Article published In: Language ideologies
Edited by Bambi B. Schieffelin, Paul V. Kroskrity and Kathryn A. Woolard
[Pragmatics 2:3] 1992
► pp. 335–354

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Radio time sharing and the negotiation of linguistic pluralism in Zambia

Debra Spitulnik

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