English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world": The linguistic situation of Americans living in Finland

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 133, 1998, Pages 51-71

  Latomaa, Sirkku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0344842213     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1998.133.51     Document Type: Article

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