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LINGUIST List 23.1901

Mon Apr 16 2012

Media: Former PM of Australia advocates focus on Chinese

Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org>

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Date: 16-Apr-2012
From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org>
Subject: Former PM of Australia advocates focus on Chinese
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Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, speaks out against the linguistic lethargy of Australia. His remarks are themed on language and how Western perspective about global language must shift in these times.

Read more: http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/national/national/general/rudd-breaks-his-silence-with-asian-overture/2523655.aspx?storypage=1


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
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