Colonial Lag? The Alleged Conservative Character of American English and Other Colonial' Varieties

Görlach, Manfred

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Vol. 8:1 (1987) ► pp.41–60

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Colonial Lag? The Alleged Conservative Character of American English and Other Colonial' Varieties

Manfred Görlach

Published online: 1 January 1987

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.8.1.05gor

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