Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Grammatical variation in British English dialects. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xvii, 211 pp.

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Published online: 19 December 2014

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Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Grammatical variation in British English dialects. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xvii, 211 pp.

Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Grammatical variation in British English dialects. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xvii, 211 pp.