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Chapter 4 - Irish Traveller English

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Jeffrey P. Williams
Affiliation:
Texas Tech University
Edgar W. Schneider
Affiliation:
Universität Regensburg, Germany
Peter Trudgill
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
Daniel Schreier
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
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