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ENG volume 37 issue 4 Cover and Back matter 英文第37卷第4期封面和封底

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078421000432

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ENG volume 37 issue 4 Cover and Front matter ENG第37卷第4期封面和封面

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078421000420

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English spelling: where do -tion and -sion come from? 英语拼写:-tion和-sion是怎么来的?

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078420000115

Michael Bulley

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Editorial 社论

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078421000419

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Experiences of non-North American teachers of English in American English-dominant Korean ELT 非北美英语教师在美韩英语教学中的经验

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000407

Hohsung Choe, Seongyong Lee

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Exploring linguistic variation in English across the world 探索世界各地英语的语言差异

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-10-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000365

G. Wang

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Exploring genderlectal variation in the English-speaking world 英语世界中的性别方言变异

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-10-06 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000389

Shaopeng Li

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A collection of linguistic approaches to the study of pop culture 通俗文化研究的语言学方法的集合

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-10-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000390

Locky Law

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English varieties in Asia: Features, implications and practices 亚洲英语变体:特征、含义和实践

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-10-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000377

Yi Liu, Kun Sun

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ENG volume 37 issue 3 Cover and Back matter 英文第37卷第3期封面和封底

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English Today Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0266078421000353

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