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Vol. 32:3 (2015) ► pp.441–447

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Don Ringe & Ann Taylor. The development of Old English. Don Ringe & Ann Taylor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 632 pp.

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Published online: 10 December 2015
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