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China English and Chinese culture 中国英语和中国文化

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000202

Lin Pan, Philip Seargeant

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The status of Chinese English and experiences learning and using it - Zhichang Xu, Chinese English: Names, Norms and Narratives. London/New York: Routledge, 2023. Pp. xvi+283. Hardback £145.00. ISBN: 9781138630345 中国英语的现状与学习与使用经验——徐志昌《中国英语:名称、规范与叙事》伦敦/纽约:劳特利奇出版社，2023。Pp.十六+ 283。精装£145.00。ISBN: 9781138630345

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000214

David Deterding

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Special feature: introduction 特色:介绍

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000123

Zhichang Xu

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Technology-enhanced approximation to Standard English stress shift 技术增强近似标准英语重音移位

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000251

Abisola Aiyeola

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Which English to Teach? 教哪种英语？

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1017/s026607842300024x

Hohsung Choe, Seongyong Lee

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When the definite article is used for possessive determiners in Kenyan English 当定冠词在肯尼亚英语中用作所有格限定词时

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000263

A. Buregeya

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English in a rural linguistic landscape of globalizing China 全球化中国乡村语言景观中的英语

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000135

Guangxian Liu, Chaojun Ma

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China English or Chinese English? 中国英语还是中国英语？

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English Today Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000147

David C. S. Li

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ENG volume 39 issue 2 Cover and Front matter ENG第39卷第2期封面和封面