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LITERACY AND ORALITY composition, performance and transmission

LITERACY AND ORALITY composition, performance and transmission

LITERACY AND ORALITY composition, performance and transmission

Ruth Finnegan

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780244660239
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Surprising conclusions about one of the great issues of our time by an acclaimed prize-winning expert. world-wide coverage brought home to our doorsteps.Startling, provocative and intensely readable.

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