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Review published In:
Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol.
31:1
(2007) ► pp.
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–
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Edwin L.
Battistella
.
Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?
Oxford:
Oxford University Press
,
2005
.
x + 230 pp.
Reviewed by
Frank Nuessel
|
University of Louisville
Published online: 27 February 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.31.1.08nue
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