The Construction of National Identity and Globalization in Multilingual Malaysia

Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 55-72

  David, Maya Khemlani ^a   Govindasamy, Subramaniam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 85054850411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315092034-4     Document Type: Chapter

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