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Rethinking the concept of linguistic assemblage to revisit the understanding of agency, creativity and language policy Lionel Wee, Posthumanist Word Englishes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. vi+75. Hardback $22.00, ISBN: 9781108990615 重新思考语言组合的概念，重新理解代理、创造力和语言政策 Lionel Wee，《后人文主义文字语言》。剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2021 年。第 vi+75 页。精装 22.00 美元，ISBN：9781108990615

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI: 10.1017/s026607842300038x

I. Irham

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Azerbaijani Higher Education to implement mass English Medium Instruction (EMI) Policies: From brain drain to brain bridging 阿塞拜疆高等教育实施大规模英语教学（EMI）政策：从人才外流到人才衔接

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000421

Tamilla Mammadova

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Translanguaging in a transplanted ground 在移植的土地上进行语言翻译

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000342

Yiyang Li, Tao Peng

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Associative plural marking in English varieties 英语变体中的联想复数标记

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000354

Maryann Overstreet, George Yule

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Seeking employment as an Irish English-language teacher in South Korea 在韩国寻求爱尔兰英语教师的工作

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000391

Michael Chesnut, Trevor Schmitt

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Envisaging the other Korea in English textbooks 想象英语教科书中的另一个韩国

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000408

Sun–Hee Kim, Hikyoung Lee

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Cantonese culinary lexical interaction between Hong Kong and Singapore English 粤语烹饪词汇在香港和新加坡英语之间的互动

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000366

Hugo Wing-Yu Tam, Samuel C. S. Tsang

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English's expanding linguistic foothold in K-pop lyrics 英语在韩国流行音乐歌词中的立足点不断扩大

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000275

Ian Schneider

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Recent metaphors of Brexit in the British press 英国媒体最近对英国脱欧的比喻

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000238

Julia Landmann, Yannick Ganz

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Exploring wordplay and humour in English usage within Japanese texts 探索日语文本中英语的文字游戏和幽默用法

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000305

Takako Kawabata

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