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