Judges’ perspectives on Malaysia’s bilingual legal system

Use-based Englishes may act as professional gatekeepers and working languages in Asian societies even where other languages of wider communication are prioritised. Legalese is widely regarded as particularly resistant to societal changes, and in Malaysian law English remains indispensable half a cen...

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Main Authors: Powell, Richard, Saw, Tiong Guan
Format: Article
Published: Routledge 2022
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/43480/
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