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Written Language & LiteracyVol. 1:1 (1998) ► pp.141–147
Book review
. Ancient scripts and phonological knowledge [Current issues in linguistic theory, 116]. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1994. xvi, 139 pp. Hb. $35.00
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