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Language Problems and Language PlanningVol. 47:1 (2023) ► pp.105–111
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. Language, Ideology and Sociopolitical Change in the Arabic-speaking World: A study of the discourse of Arabic language academies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 253 pp. US $120/UK £90
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