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Special Section: Audiovisual translation. When modalities merge

Reading second language subtitles: A case study of Afrikaans viewers reading in Afrikaans and English

Pages 22-41 | Received 29 Apr 2011, Accepted 19 Sep 2011, Published online: 08 Oct 2012

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