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In Praise of English: The Growth and Use of Language

by Joseph Twadell Shipley

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Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 420 — Language English & Old English languages English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
LCC: PE1072 .S54 — Language and Literature English language English Modern English

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Published: 1977
Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 420
LCC: PE1072 .S54

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