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Royalese: the rise and fall of ‘The Queen's English’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Katie Wales
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Abstract

A report on the distinctive ‘dialect’ of the British Royal family

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 3 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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