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Dagmar Deuber , English in the Caribbean: Variation, style and standards in Jamaica and Trinidad. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. 283. Hb. $99.

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Dagmar Deuber , English in the Caribbean: Variation, style and standards in Jamaica and Trinidad. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. 283. Hb. $99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

Joseph T. Farquharson
Joseph T. Farquharson*
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Center for InterAmerican Studies, University of Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germanyjtfarquharson@gmail.com
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Language in Society , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , September 2016 , pp. 605 - 609
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