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Distinctions & Dichotomies

Distinctions & Dichotomies explores pairs of linguistic and pedagogic terms that may be familiar but can be confused. In this article Alan Tonkyn considers a controversial distinction that dominated both theory and practice in the 1980s and is still hotly debated.

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