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Published online: 25 October 2011

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Thomas Hoffmann & Lucia Siebers (eds.). World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects: Selected Papers from the 13th IAWE Conference. Varieties of English around the World (G40).Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2009. xix + 436 pp. EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00 hb;. ISBN 978-902-724-900-5

Thomas Hoffmann & Lucia Siebers (eds.). World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects: Selected Papers from the 13th IAWE Conference. Varieties of English around the World (G40).Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2009. xix + 436 pp. EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00 hb;. ISBN 978-902-724-900-5