“Singlish”: Used and abused

Asian Englishes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-39

  Fong, Vivienne ^a   Lim, Lisa ^a   Wee, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 50949086749     PISSN: 13488678     EISSN: 23312548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13488678.2002.10801087     Document Type: Article

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