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A history of the English language. By ELLY VAN GELDEREN. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. xviii, 334. ISBN 9027232369. $49.95. - A history of the English language. Ed. by RICHARD HOGG and DAVID DENISON. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 495. ISBN 0521662273. $45. - The Oxford history of English. Ed. by Lynda Mugglestone. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xii, 485. ISBN 0199249318. $75 (Hb).
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A history of the English language. By ELLY VAN GELDEREN. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. xviii, 334. ISBN 9027232369. $49.95.
A history of the English language. Ed. by RICHARD HOGG and DAVID DENISON. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 495. ISBN 0521662273. $45.
The Oxford history of English. Ed. by Lynda Mugglestone. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xii, 485. ISBN 0199249318. $75 (Hb).
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