Limited pidgin-type patois? Policy, language, technology, identity and the experience of Canto-pop in Singapore

Popular Music

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-233

  Khiun, Liew Kai ^a  

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EID: 27944489201     PISSN: 02611430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0261143003003131     Document Type: Article

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