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Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 36:1 (2009) ► pp.163–167
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Treasure-house of the Language: The Living OED. By Charlotte Brewer

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Published online: 6 April 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.36.1.11bea
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