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ERIC Number: EJ629613
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2919
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Functions of "Need" in Australian English and Hong Kong English.
Lee, Jackie F. K.
World Englishes, v20 n2 p133-43 Jul 2001
Compares the linguistic acceptability of the various forms of "need" in non-assertive contexts (i.e. in interrogatives and negatives) between two speech communities: Australians as native speakers of English, and Hong Kong people as second or foreign language learners of English. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Language Tests, Language Variation, Native Speakers, Testing
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Hong Kong
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