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Nigel<br>

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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA<br>

Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics<br>

The University of Manchester<br>

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<div>Vice-President for Research & HE Policy, The British Academy</div>

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<div>Linguistics & English Language<br>

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures<br>

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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>The University of Manchester</div>

<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Manchester M13 9PL</div>

<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>UK</div>

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<div>http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/lel/staff/nigel-vincent/</div>

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