The Changing Tenor of English in Multicultural Postcolonial Malaysia

It is widely accepted that living languages change over time and space. By this measure it can be stated that the English used in environments different from its origin, would adjust and change to suit its new environments. In the context of Malaysia changes to the institutional role and status of t...

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Published in:Journal of language teaching, linguistics, and literature linguistics, and literature, 2007-01, Vol.13
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