The soft ideological underbelly of the notion of intelligibility in discussions about 'world englishes'

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-470

  Rajagopalan, Kanavillil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 77952988069     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amq014     Document Type: Review

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