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A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in Singapore

From Colonialism to Nationalism
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What role does race, geography, religion, orthography and nationalism play in the crafting of identities? What are the origins of Singlish? This book offers a thorough investigation of old and new identities in Asia's most global city, examined through the lens of language.

Author Biography:

PHYLLIS CHEW is Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological Univeristy, Singapore, where she has taught Literacy and Sociolinguistics for the last 25 years. An applied linguist, she has served on the international advisory boards of Teaching Education, Malaysian English Language Teaching Journal, the International Journal of Language Studies, Asian EFL Journal, Asia Tefl Journal and Gendering Asia. She was the 2010-2011 Fulbright Research Scholar at Harvard University, USA.
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2013
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Illustrations
XVII, 245 p.
Pages
245
ISBN-13
9781349436576
Product ID
25602613

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