Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-248

  Wong, Jock Onn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anglo english; Cultural scripts; Natural semantic metalanguage (NSM); Personal autonomy; Singapore english

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750137198     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.231     Document Type: Article

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