Non-national englishes and their alternatives: Academics and the internet in tunisia

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-374

  Hawkins, Simon ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition of English; Discourse; Language attitudes; Multilingual factor; Plurilingualism; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950695517     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710802283159     Document Type: Article

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