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Languages and Language Varieties - Russell Joan, Communicative competence in a minority group: A sociolinguistic study of the Swahili-speaking community in the Old Town, Mombasa. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981. Pp. xiv + 262.

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Benji Wald
Benji Wald
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Language in Society , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1983 , pp. 398 - 405
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