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Rachael Gilmour, Grammars of colonialism: Representing languages in colonial South Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Pp. x, 231. Hb $80.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2008

Michael Meeuwis
Michael Meeuwis
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African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Rozier 44, B–9000 Ghent, Belgium, michael.meeuwis@ugent.be
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Language in Society , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 615 - 618
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