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Download full textMalzahn, Manfred – 1997
A comparison of the linguistic contexts of Scotland and Taiwan focuses on three aspects: (1) existence of two linguistic codes belonging to the same language family; (2) the status of one of those languages as the standard set by a larger, more powerful neighbor from whose perspective any other variety is likely to look like a dialect; and (3) the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, English, Figurative Language
