Language Change: Progress Or Decay? |
Contents
The Everwhirling Wheel | 15 |
Collecting up Clues | 32 |
Charting the Changes | 47 |
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Language Change: The Impact of English as a Lingua Franca Anna Mauranen,Svetlana Vetchinnikova Limited preview - 2020 |
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