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Successful family language policy: Parents, children and educators in interaction [Book Review]

David Sorrell
- 01 Dec 2014 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 1, pp 153
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Review(s) of: Successful family language policy: Parents, children and educators in interaction, by Mila Schwartz, Anna Verschik (eds.), Springer, New York, ISBN 978-94-007- 7752-1, HB, 2013, viii and 295 pp.
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Review(s) of: Successful family language policy: Parents, children and educators in interaction, by Mila Schwartz, Anna Verschik (eds.), Springer, New York, ISBN 978-94-007- 7752-1, HB, 2013, viii and 295 pp., 83.29.

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