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Is English a Swiss language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Keith Davidson
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Abstract

Following on from Virginia Pulcini's article on English in Italy (ET40, Oct 94), an account of English in Switzerland

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 40 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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