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‘Hola, my new cherry!’ Two case studies of isiXhosa advertising in print media

Tessa DowlingSchool of Languages and Literatures, African Languages Section, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X, Rondebosch7700, South Africa e-mail: [email protected]
Pages 173-188 | Published online: 19 Dec 2013

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