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English in Sierra Leone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Miriam Conteh-Morgan
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Abstract

A description of the language as used in this West African country and a consideration of its status there

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English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 52 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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