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Amy J. Devitt, Standardizing written English: Diffusion in the case of Scotland, 1520–1659, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xi + 122.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

John E. Joseph
John E. Joseph
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Department of French & Italian, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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Book Review
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Language in Society , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 289 - 292
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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