Diglossia and register variation in Singapore English

World Englishes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-114

  Zhiming, Bao ^a   Huaqing, Hong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33646680955     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0083-2919.2006.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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