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Malay loan words across different dialects of English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Peter Tan
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Abstract

An explanation of how words from Malay are used in English and exhibited in various dictionaries, particularly with regard to Malaysia and Singapore

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English Today , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 44 - 50
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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