Standards and Flags
Lingua Franca: 12/12. Standards and Flags: Michael Rosen asks whether there's a future for learning modern European languages in an English-dominated world.
Lingua Franca
Michael Rosen concludes his exploration of the ways Europeans speak.
12/12. Standards and Flags
In his last essay about Europe and its languages, Michael Rosen explores the way standard British English is maintained, finds out about linguistic legislation, and asks whether there's a future for learning modern European languages in an English-dominated world.
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