Language shift, mother tongue, and identity in Singapore

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 143, 2000, Pages 85-106

  Kwan Terry, Anna ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33746803539     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2000.143.85     Document Type: Review

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