Book review
Jürg R. Schwyter. 2016. Dictating to the mob. The history of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English
. Dictating to the Mob. The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. xv + 281 pp. with 10 figures.
Reviewed by
Joan C. Beal | University of Sheffield
Published online: 05 April 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00006.bea
https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00006.bea
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