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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.

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