When english is not a mother tongue: Linguistic ownership and the eurasian community in Singapore

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-295

  Wee, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 24144491948     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630208666470     Document Type: Article

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