Review published in:
English World-Wide
Vol. 37:2 (2016) ► pp. 225–230
Book review

Dagmar Deuber. English in the Caribbean: Variation, Style and Standards in Jamaica and Trinidad
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xv + 283 pp. GBP 65.00. USD 99.00 ISBN 978-1-107-02747-3

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| University of Munich (LMU
Published online: 30 June 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.37.2.05hac
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