A note on using sociolingustic methods to study non-native attitudes towards English

World Englishes

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-224

  Starks, Donna ^a   Paltridge, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84937272557     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.1996.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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