Empowering Nigerian Pidgin: A challenge for status planning?

World Englishes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-82

  Igboanusi, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 40049100180     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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