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Joan C. Beal, Morana Lukač and Robin Straaijer (eds.), The Routledge handbook of linguistic prescriptivism (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics). London: Routledge, 2023. Pp. xxxii + 470. IBSN 9780367557843.

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Joan C. Beal, Morana Lukač and Robin Straaijer (eds.), The Routledge handbook of linguistic prescriptivism (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics). London: Routledge, 2023. Pp. xxxii + 470. IBSN 9780367557843.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2025

Thomas Poulton*
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La Trobe University LaTTiCe – Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques et Cognition (UMR 8094) CNRS – École Normale Supérieure – Sorbonne Nouvelle ENS, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux 92120 Montrouge France [email protected]

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