| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Asian Englishes today
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Asian Englishes today.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Singapore.
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English language. |
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Singapore. |
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English language -- Social aspects -- Singapore.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Singapore.
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English language -- Study and teaching. |
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Language and culture -- Singapore.
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Language and culture. |
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Singapore -- Languages.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lim, Lisa, editor.
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Pakir, Anne, editor.
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Wee, Lionel, 1963- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: English in Singapore. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], ©2010 9789888028429 (DLC) 2011500666 (OCoLC)613433360 |
| ISBN |
9789882206250 (electronic book) |
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9882206255 (electronic book) |
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9789888028429 |
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9888028421 |
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988802843X |
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9789888028436 |
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