‘So where we are?’ Spoken lingua franca English at a technical university in Sweden

English Today

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Björkman, Beyza ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 69849131717     PISSN: 02660784     EISSN: 14740567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266078408000187     Document Type: Article

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