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The Malaysian English mosaic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Loga Baskaran
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Abstract

An outline of the three social dialects and hybrid style of a vigorous ‘New English’

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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