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Laurie Bauer
Watching English Change [PDF ebook]
An Introduction to the Study of Linguistic Change in Standard Englishes in the 20th Century

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Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781317894056 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3205557 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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