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Emma Moore, Socio-syntax: Exploring the social life of grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Pp. 256. ISBN 9781108843973.

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Emma Moore, Socio-syntax: Exploring the social life of grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Pp. 256. ISBN 9781108843973.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2024

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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2025 , pp. 857 - 862
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