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Joseph Errington, Linguistics in a colonial world: A story of language, meaning, and power. Malden, MA, Oxford, and Carleton, Victoria: Blackwell, 2008. Pp. x, 199. Pb $37.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

Jane H. Hill
Jane H. Hill*
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Anthropology, University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona 85721, USAjhill@email.arizona.edu
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Language in Society , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 108 - 111
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