A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and Planning

The Handbook of World Englishes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 645-660

  Bamgbose, Ayo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cultural gaps; Deep shifts; Ebonics; Fallacy; Unprecedented

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349104820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757598.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

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