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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
An Encyclopaedia of language.
1. Language
I. Collinge, N.E. Neville Edgar, 1921-
400

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
An Encyclopaedia of language/edited by N.E. Collinge.
p. cm.
Includes indexes.
ISBN 0-415-02064-6
1. Language and languages. 2. Linguistics. I. Collinge, N.E.
P106.A46 1989
410-dc20 89-6203

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