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

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; 2010.
London : Eurospan [distributor], 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Asian Englishes today
Asian Englishes today.
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.
Note Print version record.
Summary This title provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore.
Subject English language -- Singapore.
English language -- Social aspects -- Singapore.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Singapore.
Language and culture -- Singapore.
Singapore -- Languages.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language. (OCoLC)fst00910920
English language -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00911649
English language -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00911670
Language and culture. (OCoLC)fst00992135
Language and languages. (OCoLC)fst00992154
Singapore. (OCoLC)fst01205288
Added Author Lim, Lisa, editor.
Pakir, Anne, editor.
Wee, Lionel, 1963- editor.
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 bk.)
9882206255 (electronic bk.)
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