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English in Singapore : modernity and management / edited by Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir and Lionel Wee.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian Englishes todayPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789882206250
  • 9882206255
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: English in Singapore.DDC classification:
  • 420.95957 22
LOC classification:
  • PE3502.S5 E545 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Map of Singapore and the region; Part I -- The Ecology of English in Singapore; 1 -- English in Singapore: Policies and prospects; 2 -- Migrants and 'mother tongues': Extralinguistic forces in the ecology of English in Singapore; Part II -- Reconceptualizing 'English'; 3 -- Singapore Standard English revisited; 4 -- The Speak Good English Movement: A web-user's perspective; 5 -- Hybridity in ways of speaking: The glocalization of English in Singapore; Part III -- Ethnicity and Ownership.
Summary: This title provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Map of Singapore and the region; Part I -- The Ecology of English in Singapore; 1 -- English in Singapore: Policies and prospects; 2 -- Migrants and 'mother tongues': Extralinguistic forces in the ecology of English in Singapore; Part II -- Reconceptualizing 'English'; 3 -- Singapore Standard English revisited; 4 -- The Speak Good English Movement: A web-user's perspective; 5 -- Hybridity in ways of speaking: The glocalization of English in Singapore; Part III -- Ethnicity and Ownership.

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This title provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore.

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