Setting language benchmarks whose benchmark?

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-76

  Bunton, David ^a   Tsui, Amy B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84989398154     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.12.1.05bun     Document Type: Article

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