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Alzheimer's discourse: Some sociolinguistic dimensions. Vai Ramanathan. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997. Pp. 138.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Susan Kemper
Affiliation:
University of Kansas

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