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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Samuel Ahulu
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Abstract

A consideration of the nature of English as an international medium

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 17 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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