The sociolinguistics of code and style choice in Malaysian business settings : an ethnographic account

This thesis reports an ethnographic study of the social meanings underlying code and style choice in the situated discourse of two business organisations in Malaysia. It explains choice in these contexts against the broader contextual backdrop of English as the traditional normative code of Malaysia...

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Main Author: Nair-Venugopal, Shanta
Published: Cardiff University 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395785