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English in the European Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Margie Berns
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Abstract

A consideration of the nature and use of the language in the EU in terms of Braj Kachru's model of the inner, outer, and expanding circles of world Englishes

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English Today , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 3 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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