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The Language Identity of an Engineering Professor: A Narrative Inquiry into Multicultural and Multilingual Experiences

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sm-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2335-2027 | Journal ISSN: 2335-2019
Language: English
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Published on: Dec 12, 2025
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