| Introduction |
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5 | (2) |
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2 Gassers and Slashers: Doctors' Slang |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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5 How Many Words Do You Know? Basic Words Test |
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11 | (4) |
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15 | (3) |
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7 Whose Nickname is That? |
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18 | (3) |
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8 Choosing the Right Adjective: Writers' Words |
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21 | (2) |
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9 Guessing Games with Words |
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23 | (2) |
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10 Superheroes in Cyberspace: Science Fiction Words |
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25 | (1) |
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11 What Does a Word Mean? |
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26 | (4) |
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30 | (3) |
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13 Fardling Gwiks: Structure Versus Content Words |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (3) |
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15 Words with Many Meanings: The Case of "House" |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (2) |
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17 Soft, Mellow, Fragrant and Sweet: Alcoholic Words |
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44 | (4) |
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18 Of Mice and Mouses: English Plurals |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (3) |
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20 Nicknames Rule! The Power of Nicknames |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (1) |
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24 JetSpeak: What's the Point of Long Words? |
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61 | (5) |
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25 Divided by the Atlantic: American and British Words |
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66 | (3) |
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26 Indian Words in English |
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69 | (2) |
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27 Written Words That are Seldom Spoken |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (2) |
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29 Where in the World Do They Come From? Regional Englishes |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (4) |
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31 Word Games with Letter Arrangement |
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81 | (2) |
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32 Stuff and Nonsense: Phrases with "And" |
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83 | (2) |
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33 Body Parts in Metaphors |
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85 | (2) |
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34 English Names for Foreign Place |
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87 | (2) |
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35 Did Jeeves Speak French? French Words in English |
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89 | (2) |
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36 Historian or Lawgiver: The Purposes of Dictionaries |
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91 | (4) |
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37 English Words in Japanese |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (4) |
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101 | (3) |
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40 Progenies of Learning: Malapropisms |
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104 | (2) |
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41 Hanky-panky with Igglepiggle: Reduplicative Words |
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106 | (2) |
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42 Is the Sea Blue or Do I Just See It as Blue? Linguistic Relativity |
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108 | (5) |
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43 At a Loss for Words: Aphasia |
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113 | (2) |
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44 How Old are Your Words? The Vocabulary of Different Generations |
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115 | (2) |
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45 Birdiest Birds: Prototypes |
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117 | (1) |
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46 Tasting the Worm: Spoonerisms |
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118 | (2) |
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47 Tip of the Tongue Test |
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120 | (4) |
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48 "Can the Can" (Suzi Quatro): Words and Multiple Meanings |
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124 | (2) |
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49 Can Sounds and Letters Have Meaning in Themselves? Sound Symbolism in Words |
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126 | (2) |
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50 Concordancing: Finding Out About Words |
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128 | (5) |
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133 | (2) |
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52 Word Games with Restricted Production |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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54 Igpay Atinlay: Pig Latin |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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56 Which Words Change Historically? |
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142 | (1) |
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57 Proper English Food? The History of Food Words |
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143 | (2) |
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58 What Does Oprah Winfrey Mean to You? The Semantic Differential Test |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (2) |
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60 Dr. Johnson's Definitions |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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62 The Family Tree of English |
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153 | (2) |
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63 Do You Understand Shakespeare? |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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65 Syllables: The Structure of Words |
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158 | (2) |
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66 You Silly Politician! Changes of Meaning |
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160 | (3) |
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67 Where Do English Words Come from? The Puzzle of Indo-European |
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163 | (3) |
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68 Majestic Radiance: Shakespeare's New Words |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (3) |
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70 Phrases with Prepositions |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (5) |
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72 One English or Many Englishes? |
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178 | (3) |
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73 From TLV to IKA: Abbreviations for Airports |
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181 | (1) |
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74 Word Games with Sequences |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (2) |
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76 Place Names around the English-speaking World |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (2) |
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78 Four Hundred and Thirty Sets |
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190 | (1) |
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79 Baby Talk across Languages |
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191 | (1) |
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80 Night Night Moo: Children's Early Words |
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192 | (1) |
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81 Ept and Chalant: Back-Formed Words |
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193 | (1) |
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82 More Up: Children's Two-Word Combinations |
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194 | (2) |
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83 Brown Blackbirds and Black Bluebottles: Compound Words |
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196 | (3) |
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84 How Do Children Learn Words? |
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199 | (5) |
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85 Choosing Words for Reading |
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204 | (3) |
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86 How Do You Learn New Vocabulary? |
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207 | (2) |
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87 Jazzin' around: Jazz Slang |
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209 | (3) |
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88 Seven Sieves for Learning a Language: The Eurocom Approach |
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212 | (2) |
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89 The Visions of Passionate People: Slogans of the 2000s |
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214 | (2) |
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90 Guessing Words in Context |
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216 | (3) |
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219 | (4) |
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92 How to Remember Ten New Words |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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94 Piggy in the Middle: Adding to the Middle of Words |
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226 | (1) |
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95 Simplified Vocabularies: Political Correctness and Thought Control |
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227 | (5) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (2) |
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98 Using Words in Odd Ways |
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236 | (1) |
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99 Warning, Words Can Damage Your Health: Newspeak |
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237 | (5) |
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100 How Do You Say "No"? Negation Across Languages |
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242 | (3) |
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101 How Many Words Do You Know? Advanced Words Test |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (1) |
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103 Words for Mother and Father |
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249 | (2) |
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104 From Pillar to Post: Opposites |
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251 | (2) |
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105 Breeze of the Death: Film Titles in Translation |
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253 | (2) |
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106 Does a Meigui Smell as Sweet as a Rose? |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (2) |
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110 Metaphors in Different Languages |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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112 Size Matters: Big Sounds, Big Things |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (3) |
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114 The Basic Human Words |
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272 | (3) |
| Answers |
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275 | (18) |
| Sources |
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293 | (2) |
| References |
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295 | (6) |
| Index of Themes |
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301 | (4) |
| Acknowledgements |
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