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Dictionary of South African English

Dave Wilton, Saturday, June 09, 2007

Silva, Penny, ed. A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

A historical dictionary of South African English.

Filed under: English Dialects

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