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English as a symbol of American culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Steve Nichols
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Abstract

An up-date on aspects of the campaigns for and against the English language amendment to the US constitution, especially in Arizona and New Mexico

Type
Research Article
Information
English Today , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 31 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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