New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement

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New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement. / Kühl, Karoline.

I: Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, Bind 5, Nr. 1, 2019, s. 2017-0042.

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Kühl, K 2019, 'New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement', Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, bind 5, nr. 1, s. 2017-0042. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2017-0042

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Kühl, K. (2019). New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement. Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, 5(1), 2017-0042. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2017-0042

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Kühl K. New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement. Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. 2019;5(1):2017-0042. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2017-0042

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Kühl, Karoline. / New Denmark, Canada: An exceptional case of language maintenance in a Danish immigrant settlement. I: Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. 2019 ; Bind 5, Nr. 1. s. 2017-0042.

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