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English in Europe: from timid to tyrannical?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Pieter Loonen
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Abstract

How a language once considered base and worthless now seems set to dominate the new Europe

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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