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Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V: Translation theories and practices
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Klaus Zimmermann and Martina Schrader-Kniffki
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 122] 2014
► pp. 203–230

Shaping Minds and Cultures

The impact of missionary translations in Southern India

Published online: 9 April 2014
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.122.07mur
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