Pre-imperial Chinese: Its hurdles towards becoming a world language

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-279

  Lu, Dan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 49149126904     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.18.2.13lu     Document Type: Article

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