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Written Language & Literacy
Vol.
1:1
(1998) ► pp.
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Peter T.
Daniels
&
William
Bright
(eds.)
.
The world's writing systems
Oxford & New York:
Oxford University Press
,
1996
.
xlv, 920 pp.
Reviewed by
Richard Sproat
Published online: 1 January 1998
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.1.1.07spr
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