Language and social capital in Singapore

English in Singapore: Modernity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 159-180

  Vaish, Viniti ^a   Tan, Teck Kiang ^a   Bokhorst Heng, Wendy D ^a,b   Hogan, David ^a   Kang, Trivina ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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