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Robert McColl Millar , A history of the Scots language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. xi + 196. ISBN 9780198863991.

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Robert McColl Millar , A history of the Scots language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. xi + 196. ISBN 9780198863991.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2024

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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 182 - 187
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