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Frederick J. Newmeyer, American linguistics in transition: From post-Bloomfieldian structuralism to generative grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. xvi + 412.

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Frederick J. Newmeyer, American linguistics in transition: From post-Bloomfieldian structuralism to generative grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. xvi + 412.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2023

ROBERT D. BORSLEY*
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University of Essex & Bangor University rborsley@essex.ac.uk

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