Usage, Grammar, and the History of Grammar
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University of Wisconsin Studies in Langauge and Literature
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Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and Standardisation
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Standards and Dialects in English
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Smith, Jeremey J. "The Use of English: Language Contact, Dialect Variation, and Written Standardization During the Middle English Period."
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Wilson, Kenneth G.
Van Winkle's Return: Change in American English, 1966-1986
. Hanover and Lodon: University of New England Press, 1987.
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