Intra-language discrimination and linguistic human rights: The case of singlish

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-69

  Wee, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 24144482346     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amh038     Document Type: Article

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