Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages: Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States

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Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages : Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States. / Morgounova, Daria.

Københavns Universitet : Museum Tusculanum, 2010. 275 p.

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Harvard

Morgounova, D 2010, Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages: Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States. vol. 1, Museum Tusculanum, Københavns Universitet.

APA

Morgounova, D. (2010). Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages: Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States. Museum Tusculanum.

Vancouver

Morgounova D. Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages: Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States. Københavns Universitet: Museum Tusculanum, 2010. 275 p.

Author

Morgounova, Daria. / Dynamics of Talk in Two Arctic Villages : Minorities' Resistance to Dominance in the Russian Federation and the United States. Københavns Universitet : Museum Tusculanum, 2010. 275 p.

Bibtex

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RIS

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