Adversarial uncertainty (3 of 3)

August 16, 2012

At the risk of incurring more sarcasm from Jennifer Jenkins, why is the correct use of Greek and Latin neuter nouns being construed as a change in the use of English? Do global Englishes have ambitions to co-opt other languages, including dead ones?

Liz Meerabeau, University of Greenwich

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