Young adults' linguistic manipulation of English in Bangla in Bangladesh

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-89

  Sultana, Shaila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangla; Bangladesh; language play; linguistic appropriation and recontextualisation; post colonial English

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890337527     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2012.738644     Document Type: Article

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