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Styles of Standard English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Samuel Ahulu
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Abstract

An examination of the many similarities in the English of West Africa and South Asia

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 10 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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