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Volume 15 - Issue 4 - October 1999

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A few maxima culpas
Tom McArthur
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17 October 2008, p. 2
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Standard English(es) and educational practices for the world's lingua franca
Marko Modiano
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17 October 2008, pp. 3-13
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A reply to commentators on ‘International English in the global village’ (ET58, Apr 99) and further thoughts on a contentious issue

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Crossworld
Frank Palmer
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17 October 2008, p. 14
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Jots and tittles: a report on LANGSCAPE 5
Pam Peters
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17 October 2008, pp. 15-20
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Trading tongues: loss of heritage languages in the United States
Leanne Hinton
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17 October 2008, pp. 21-30
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Excerpts from the ‘language biographies’ of children of Asian immigrants who have grown up in America

Marginalizing grammar
R. A. Buck
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17 October 2008, pp. 31-35
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An account of how grammar is being marginalized in the American university English curriculum.

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The Name's the Same
Jon G. Auerbach
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17 October 2008, pp. 36-37
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Forty years of official bilingualism in cameroon
Jean-Paul Kouega
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17 October 2008, pp. 38-43
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An appraisal of the promotion of a policy of official French/English bilingualism in operation since 1961

The dominance of English among Liberian children
Bernard L. Ngovo
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17 October 2008, pp. 44-48
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An inquiry into the language in primary use among children of Liberian parents in Liberia and the United States

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Sharon Gordon
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17 October 2008, pp. 49-54
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A sampling and discussion of what can be done on Californian roads with only six to eight letters and numbers

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Loanwords or foreignisms?
Yinquan Wang
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YINQUAN WANG in Nanjing, China, considers the ease with which English absorbs words from other languages and how such words are currently handled in the newsmagazines ‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek’

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Post & (E)Mail
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…that is for ever Fowler
Tom McArthur
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17 October 2008, pp. 59-61
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Lumping and splitting
Robert Allen
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Front cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

ENG volume 15 issue 4 Cover and Front matter
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ENG volume 15 issue 4 Cover and Back matter
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