Review published In: Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol. 29:2 (2005) ► pp.201–203
Book review
. Words of the World: The Global Language System. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. xi+253 pp.
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Published online: 10 August 2005
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.29.2.12ton
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