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North and South: An English linguistic divide?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Katie Wales
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In social and linguistic terms, is England one nation or two?

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 4 - 15
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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