The scope and categorization of African english: Some sociolinguistic considerations

English World-Wide

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Banda, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

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EID: 84989364718     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.17.1.04ban     Document Type: Article

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