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    <dateIssued>2003</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd revised edition</edition>
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    <extent>xxi, 468 pages : maps ; 21 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Machine generated contents note: List of Maps ix -- New Introduction to the Third Edition xi -- Introduction: Speaking of English i -- 1 An English-Speaking World 9 -- 2 The Mother Tongue 46 -- 3 A Muse of Fire 90 -- 4 The Guid Scots Tongue 130 -- 5 The Loaded Weapon 170 -- 6 Black on White zo9 -- 7 Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! 251 -- 8 The Echoes of an English Voice 293 -- 9 The New Englishes 337 -- 10 Next Year's Words 375 -- Notes and Sources 395 -- Select Bibliography 437 -- Acknowledgements 439 -- Index 441.</tableOfContents>
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