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Indian Pidgin English: myth and reality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Raja Ram Mehrotra
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A report on a pilot project recently conducted on a disputed variety of English in India

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 49 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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