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Carol Percy Fixing English in British India: Baptist Missionary Perspectives in Bengal to 1835 pp. 81-112, DOI: 10.7370/87583 Details Cite
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Marina Dossena "Terms of Art and Manufacture": An Early Investigation into Late Modern English Dictionaries of Specialised Discourse pp. 127-146, DOI: 10.7370/87585 Details Cite
Laura Wright From Lavender Water to Kiss Me, You Dare!: Shifting Linguistic Norms in the Perfume Industry, 1700-1900 pp. 147-176, DOI: 10.7370/87586 Details Cite
Giovanni Iamartino Current Research Trends in Late Modern English and Prescriptivism pp. 177-194, DOI: 10.7370/87587 Details Cite
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