'Fuzzy' Chinese: The status of Cantonese in Hong Kong

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-314

  Bruche Schulz, Gisela ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031093053     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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