"Native Speaker Standard English Versus English as a Lingua Franca. Where Would Shakespeare Stand?" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo905/ Author: Christiansen, Thomas. Type: Journal Article Year: 2018 Publication Information: Lingue e Linguaggi 27 (2018): 87–123. DOI: 10.1285/i22390359v27p97 Annotation: Points to "variation" in Shakespeare's langauge in order to validate "adaptation, ... accomodation" and "translanguaging" by English as Lingua Franca (ELF) speakers. English summary, 87. Language: English Tags: Language, Linguistics, Philology, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Winter 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbo905