14.1040, All: Amazing Prizes for 'Just $5'

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-1040. Mon Apr 7 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.1040, All: Amazing Prizes for 'Just $5'

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Date:  7 Apr 2003 19:45:21 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  The LINGUIST List Publisher Prize Draw - Amazing Prizes for Just $5

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Date:  7 Apr 2003 19:45:21 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  The LINGUIST List Publisher Prize Draw - Amazing Prizes for Just $5

Dear Linguists,

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The LINGUIST List 'Just $5' Request

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The LINGUIST List Publisher Prize Draw
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~CASCADILLA PRESS
The wonderful people at Cascadilla Press has generously offered two
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~THE MIT PRESS
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~OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Oxford University Press have kindly offered the following online
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~SUOMEN KIELITIETEELLINEN YHDISTYS
Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys (The Linguistic Association of
Finland) have kindly donated this subscription - kiitoksia oikein
paljon.

A year's subscription to the SKY Journal of Linguistics.
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/skyjol.shtml

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