Review published In: Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol. 6:3 (1982) ► pp.314–317
Book review
. Dictionary of Jamaican English (second edition).New York and Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1980. x, 519 pp. $69.50
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Published online: 1 January 1982
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