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Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach & Annika Herrmann (eds.), A matter of complexity: Subordination in sign languages. (Sign Language and Deaf Communities 6.) Boston, MA/Berlin & Preston: De Gruyter Mouton & Ishara Press, 2016. Pp. xiii+262.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2016

Carl Börstell
Carl Börstell*
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Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. [email protected]
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , December 2016 , pp. 311 - 317
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