Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses?

Post-Imperial English: Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 431-456

  Tickoo, Makhan L ^a  

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110872187     Document Type: Chapter

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