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David Crystal: Why grammar lessons should be renamed ‘understanding language’
It’s an exciting time for grammar, according to the experts. But there’s a need for fresh thinking and the word itself can be misleading
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Losing your first language (BBC News)
For many of us, the thought of ever forgetting how to speak our native language would seem preposterous. But for some readers, it became a reality.
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Future English (as a lingua franca) -The Economist
SEVERAL weeks ago, Johnson discussed his debate with Nicholas Ostler about the lingua franca of the future.
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New publication: Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014 (Springer)
Chapters by leading scholars in pragmatics and corpus linguistics, amongst others Jacob Mey, Jacques Moeschler, Cliff Goddard, Stefan Gries, etc. Click here for further information on the volume
