English language ownership among Singaporean Malays: Going beyond the NS/ NNS dichotomy

World Englishes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-445

  Bokhorst heng, Wendy D ^a   Alsagoff, Lubna ^a   Mckay, Sandra ^b   Rubdy, Rani ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35848970795     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2007.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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