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English as a Lingua Franca
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maoopa
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English as a Lingua Franca
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There are those who argue that only one out of every four users of English in the world is a native
speaker of the language (Crystal 2003). If that is true, we can no longer
think that a certain variety of English is better than others, or rank
varieties from better to worse or vice versa. This is not because the fact of
having nonnative speakers makes all varieties equally good or bad, but because ... [more]
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13 Feb 2010
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ELOJOLIE274
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what �s the point of this post, except that you �re advertizing your blog?
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13 Feb 2010
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Vernica
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As a linguistic, David Crystal didnt mean what you are pointing out, in fact he is a very well known defender of every English dialectalisms, ways of talking or whatever you want to name it, If you want to argue this I invite you to Bangor University to a lectur.
By the way I totally agree with Elojolie274.
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13 Feb 2010
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maoopa
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Good!
I also respect Crystal, did you read the end? I invite you to do it.
About advertising, I am just going to say I disagree.
Respectfully,
Mauro
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13 Feb 2010
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