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- ↑ "Eurocall".
- ↑ "Research-Publishing.net".
- ↑ ReCALL journal
- ↑ EUROCALL Review
- ↑ "Eurocall".
- ↑ Executive Committee
- ↑ EUROCALL/CALICO HQ in Second Life
- ↑ EUROCALL national websites
- ↑ Affiliations
- ↑ WorldCALL
- ↑ EuroCALL. "EuroCALL". www.eurocall-languages.org. Retrieved 2017-10-16.