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Liberation linguistics and the Quirk Concern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Braj B. Kachru
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Abstract

A reply to ‘Language varieties and standard language’ by Sir Randolph Quirk in ET21 (Jan 90)

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 3 - 13
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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