Book review
. The step-tongue: Children’s English in Singapore Anthea Fraser Gupta. Philadelphia, PA.: Multilingual Matters, 1994. xiv, 229 pp. Cloth, US $89.95 Paperback $29.95
Reviewed by
Fredric Field | University of Southern California
Published online: 01 January 1998
https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.13.2.17fie
https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.13.2.17fie
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