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Book: The Five-Minute Linguist

Chapter: Is British English the best English?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.20754

Blurb:

The heyday of the big-brand dialects of English is probably over. In this century, the chief demand placed on English will be for an ability to adapt to the needs of the millions of speakers who use it as a second language.

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