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Lost in translation: 'Language matters more and more'

Article about the British Academy’s Position Statement ‘Language matters more and more’ (launched 9 February 2011).

The whole article can be downloaded as a PDF file.

Published in British Academy Review, No. 17 (March 2011).

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