Review published in:
Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol. 11:2 (1987) ► pp. 220–224
Book review

Viv Edwards. Language in a Black Community
Avon, England: Multilingual Matters, 1986. xii + 180 pp. £19.90 paper £7.95

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| Duke University
Published online: 01 January 1987
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.11.2.12but
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