World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, and the case of Hong Kong English

English Today

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Sewell, Andrew ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77950769813     PISSN: 02660784     EISSN: 14740567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266078409000066     Document Type: Article

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