Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore)

The Singlish Controversy

Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is for students and researchers who are interested in language policy and New Englishes, as well as in questions about the nature of language. It argues that a detailed analysis of the Singlish controversy can illuminate broader questions about language, identity and globalization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781316632826
• ISBN-10: 1316632822
• Artikelnr.: 59987855

Autorenporträt

Lionel Wee is a professor in the National University of Singapore's Department of English Language and Literature. He has written extensively about New Englishes and language policy, particularly in relation to the Singapore context. He served for a number of years on the Singapore Government's Speak Good English Movement.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language policy in Singapore: English, Singlish and the mother tongues
2. Ideology pooling and metadiscursive convergence in the Singlish debate
3. Language experts, linguistic chutzpah and the Speak Good Singlish Movement
4. Voice: who speaks about Singlish?
5. The commodification of Singlish
6. Singlish, migration and mobility
7. What is Singlish? Language, culture and identity in a globalizing world.