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Volume 8 - Issue 1 - January 1992

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PC or not PC: is that the question?
Tom McArthur
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Kamtok: Anatomy of a pidgin
Loreto Todd, Martin Jumbam
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17 October 2008, pp. 3-11
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A description and display of the pidginized English of Cameroon

French and Spanish loan words in Caribbean English
Jeannette Allsopp
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17 October 2008, pp. 12-20
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A review of some of the multilingual intricacies of West Indian usage

Etymorphs

Etymorphs
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17 October 2008, p. 21
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Crossworld
Frank Palmer
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17 October 2008, p. 22
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Ergo lingua mihi deficit *
Tony Fairman
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17 October 2008, pp. 23-26
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A reply to Sir Randolph Quirk and a discussion of the implications of Braj Kachru's term ‘deficit linguistics’

Received Pronunciation and Standard English as systems of reference
François Chevillet
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17 October 2008, pp. 27-32
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A reply to Braj Kachru in terms of models for the use of foreign learners of the language

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Kaleidoscope
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‘Traditional place names are being eroded by “faceless people” at the BBC and the United Nations, the geography section of the British Association was told yesterday.

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A database for English poetry
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Aberrant ellipsis: advertisers do, but why?
Alan Garnham, Jane Oakhill
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An account of recent theorizing about grammatical ellipsis, with examples of how advertisers have been bending the rules

Brittle books
Patricia Battin
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What can be done about the threat of “chemical censorship” that hangs over millions of printed works throughout the world?

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The first casualty
William Lutz
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17 October 2008, pp. 48-49
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Zodiac Mindwarp meets the Horseflies
Katie Wales
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17 October 2008, pp. 50-51
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KATIE WALES reviews names and naming conventions in the world of pop music

Angles of Vision

Japanese students in the UK
Ingrid Wisniewska
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INGRID WISNIEWSKA considers the linguistic and cultural problems of Japanese students of English when studying in Great Britain

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Gynesis
Katie Wales
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Word origins
Tom McArthur
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Post and Mail

Post & Mail
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Thon
Debbie Logan
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