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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 24:2 (2009) ► pp.363–366

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Rajend Mesthrie & Rakesh M. Bhatt. World Englishes: The study of new linguistic varieties. Rajend Mesthrie & Rakesh M. Bhatt. [Key Topics in Sociolinguistics]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xvii, 276 pp. Paperback. £18.99 approx. US $40.00 To order electronically, visit. http://www.cambridge.org/

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Published online: 21 August 2009
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