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Review published In: Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness
Edited by Marcel Bax and Dániel Z. Kádár
[Journal of Historical Pragmatics 12:1/2] 2011
► pp. 283–293

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Maurizio Gotti, Marina Dossena & Richard Dury (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2006. Volume I: Syntax and Morphology [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 295]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2008. ISBN 978-90-272-4810-7 259 pp. , Richard Dury, Maurizio Gotti & Marina Dossena (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2006. Volume II: Lexical and Semantic Change [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 296]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2008. ISBN 978-90-272-4811-4 264 pp. andMarina Dossena, Maurizio Gotti & Richard Dury (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2006. Volume III: Geo-Historical Variation in English [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 297]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2008. ISBN 978-90-272-4812-1 197 pp.

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Published online: 7 June 2011
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