Enacting english language ownership in the outer circle: A study of Singaporean Indians' orientations to English norms

World Englishes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-67

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40049085932     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2008.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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