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Vol. 5:1 (2023) ► pp.260–268

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Book review

Randy Allen Harris. The linguistics wars: Chomsky, Lakoff, and the battle over deep structure (2nd edition). Oxford University Press, 2021. xvi + 568 pp.

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Published online: 26 May 2023
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