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‘An English Monstrosity’? Evolution and Reception of Manx Orthography

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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scp-2020-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2657-3008 | Journal ISSN: 2451-4160
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Published on: Feb 27, 2022
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