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Book Review: Bernard Spolsky Language Policy (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. vii, 250. Pb US$ 27.99.

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Ricento, T. Book Review: Bernard Spolsky Language Policy (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. vii, 250. Pb US$ 27.99.. Lang Policy 5, 128–132 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-005-3200-x

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