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Do's and Taboos of Using English Around the World

Do's and Taboos of Using English Around the World


By Roger E. Axtell

ISBN: 978-0-471-30841-6
Format: Paper
Pages: 224 Pages
Pub. Date: April 1995

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Table of Contents
UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN ENGLISH.

Exporting American English.

Why American English Is So Difficult.

Mangled Misstatements.

UNDERSTANDING WORLD ENGLISH.

English English.

English: The Global Language.

BECOMING A GLOBAL COMMUNICATOR.

Using Interpreters.

Social Conversations Around the World.

The Tower of Business Babel.

Confusing Cognates and Telephone Talk.

How to Be Understood.

Epilogue: Words About Words.

Appendix.

Glossaries.

Index.
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