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Attitudes to language
The German language today
Emergent lingua francas and world orders
International English
Varieties of modern English
Standard English, Black English, and bidialectalism
Do you speak American?
Mutants
British language & culture
The basics of animal systems
American English
Out of the mouths of slaves
English with an accent
Island life
The alchemy of English
Weird English
How we talk
South Asian English
Strictly Speaking
Spreading the word
Talkin and testifyin
The life of North American insects
English in perspective
The making of flowers
Darwin's children
The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species
Handbook of language and communication-- diversity and change
Australia's many voices
All in the family
Race and the rise of standard American
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