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Robert McColl Millar, Contact: The interaction of closely related linguistic varieties and the history of English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016. Pp. 224. ISBN 9781474409087.

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Robert McColl Millar, Contact: The interaction of closely related linguistic varieties and the history of English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016. Pp. 224. ISBN 9781474409087.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Raymond Hickey
Raymond Hickey*
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University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr.12, D-45117 Essen, Germanyraymond.hickey@uni-due.de
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 226 - 228
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