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Robert Burchfield (ed.), English in Britain and overseas: Origins and developments. (Cambridge history of the English language, 5.) Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 656. Hb $110.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2009

W. Nelson Francis
W. Nelson Francis
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Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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Language in Society , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 297 - 300
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