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Amy J. Devitt. Standardizing Written English: Diffusion in the Case of Scotland 1520–1659. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989. Pp. xii + 122. US$39.50, £25.00 (hardcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

John M. Kirk*
Affiliation:
Queen’s University of Belfast

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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1994

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