Language policy and English language standards in Malaysia: Nationalism versus pragmatism

Gill, Saran Kaur

doi:10.1075/japc.12.1.07gil

Article published In: Maintaining and Setting Standards and Language Variation in the Asian Pacific Region
Edited by Amy B.M. Tsui
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 12:1] 2002
► pp. 95–115

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Language policy and English language standards in Malaysia

Nationalism versus pragmatism

Saran Kaur Gill | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Published online: 18 July 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.12.1.07gil

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