The accents of outsourcing: The meanings of "neutral" in the Indian call centre industry

World Englishes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-330

  Cowie, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548015230     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2007.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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