Multilingualism and commercial language practices on the Internet

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-519

  Kelly holmes, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Commercial communication; Computer mediated communication; English as global language; Multilingualism; World language system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747258940     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2006.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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