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Digging the Borrowed Lingo: A Review of Borrowings in Informal American English - Małgorzata Kowalczyk, Borrowings in Informal American English (1st edn.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii+333. Hardback, $125.00. ISBN: 978-1-00-934687-0.

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Małgorzata Kowalczyk, Borrowings in Informal American English (1st edn.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii+333. Hardback, $125.00. ISBN: 978-1-00-934687-0.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2024

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English Today , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 240 - 241
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