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The Cult of Abbreviation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Tom McArthur
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Abstract

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If lexical abbreviation is no more than a fringe to vocabulary proper, it is a most diverse and dynamic fringe

Type
Research Article
Information
English Today , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 36 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988