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Nancy N. Dorian (ed.), Investigating obsolescence: studies in language contraction and death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv + 445.

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Nancy N. Dorian (ed.), Investigating obsolescence: studies in language contraction and death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv + 445.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Jean Aitchison
Jean Aitchison
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Language Studies Centre, London School of Economics, University of London.
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 291 - 293
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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Dorian, N. C. (1978). The fate of morphological complexity in language death. Lg 54. 590–609.Google Scholar
Dorian, N. C. (1981). Language death: the life cycle of a Scottish Gaelic dialect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar