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Language policy and social transformation in contemporary Singapore

1983

Pendley, Charles

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Pendley, Charles
Title	Language policy and social transformation in contemporary Singapore
Source Title	Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science
Publication Date	1983
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/080382483X00121
Call Number	H8 SAS
Subject	Language policy -- Singapore Bilingualism -- Singapore Singapore -- Languages -- Political aspects
Page	46-58
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	11
Issue	2

Language, capital, culture: critical studies of language and education in Singapore

2007

Collection	Language
Editor	Vaish, Viniti Gopinathan, S. Liu, Yongbing
Title	Language, capital, culture: critical studies of language and education in Singapore
Publication Date	2007
Publisher	Rotterdam : Sense Publishers
Call Number	P40.85 Sin.La 2007
Subject	Language and education -- Singapore
Page	268
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Language, society and education in Singapore: issues and trends

1998

Collection	Language
Editor	Gopinatahn, S. Pakir, Anne Ho Wah Kam Vanithamani, Saravanan
Title	Language, society and education in Singapore: issues and trends
Publication Date	1998
Publisher	Singapore : Times Academic Press
Call Number	P119.3212 Lan
Subject	Education -- Singapore Singapore -- Languages Singapore -- Social life and customs
Page	407
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Language, society, and education in Singapore: issues and trends

1994

Collection	Language
Editor	Gopinatahn, S. Pakir, Anne Ho Wah Kam Vanithamani, Saravanan
Title	Language, society, and education in Singapore: issues and trends
Publication Date	1994
Publisher	Singapore : Times Academic Press
Call Number	P119.3212 Lan
Subject	Education -- Singapore Singapore -- Languages Singapore -- Social life and customs
Page	391
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Linguistic landscape in Singapore: what shop names reveal about Singapore’s multilingualism

2017

Shang, Guowen
Guo, Libo

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Shang, Guowen Guo, Libo
Title	Linguistic landscape in Singapore: what shop names reveal about Singapore’s multilingualism
Source Title	International Journal of Multilingualism
Publication Date	2017
Subject	Shop signs -- Singapore Sociolinguistics -- Singapore Multilingualism -- Singapore Language and culture -- Singapore Language policy -- Singapore
Page	183-201
Language	English
URI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2016.1218497
Content Type	Journal Article
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	14
Issue	2
Description	The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to spelling out the commercial drive to seduce potential clients, shop names also serve to mark off shop owners’ identity and prioritisation of relevant languages. It is found that English is prevalent in all types of shop signs, though Chinese is the preferred code on bilingual and multilingual signs and tends to be used to represent the primary shop names. The other official languages are rarely presented on shop signs. We argue that the disparate vitality of languages might result from a mixture of social factors such as the state’s macro language policy, demographic structure, as well as ethnic and cultural identity construction. The linguistic landscaping in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres suggests that for grassroots individuals, pragmatic and affective adequacies are top priority in their discourse construction.

Literacy and cultural identity: an ethnographic study of English language education in Singapore

1995

Cheah, Yin Mee

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Cheah, Yin Mee
Title	Literacy and cultural identity: an ethnographic study of English language education in Singapore
Publication Date	1995
Publisher	Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms International
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/docview/304112439?accountid=13876
Call Number	LB7*UMI 143
Subject	English language -- Study and teaching -- Singapore Literacy -- Singapore Group identity -- Singapore
Page	275
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California at Berkeley

Literacy in Singapore, 1970-1980

1983

Kuo, Eddie C. Y.

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Kuo, Eddie C. Y.
Title	Literacy in Singapore, 1970-1980
Source Title	RELC Journal
Publication Date	1983
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003368828301400101
Call Number	PE1068 Asi.RJ
Subject	Illiteracy -- Singapore
Page	1-17
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	14
Issue	1

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Living in harmony: the negotiation of intergenerational family language policy in Singapore

2022

Wenhan, Xie
Bee Chin, Ng
Cavallaro, Francesco

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Wenhan, Xie Bee Chin, Ng Cavallaro, Francesco
Title	Living in harmony: the negotiation of intergenerational family language policy in Singapore
Source Title	Language and Communication
Publication Date	2022
DOI	https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2021.11.004
Subject	Bilingualism -- Singapore Multilingualism -- Singapore Grandparents -- Singapore Intergenerational communication -- Singapore Communication in families -- Singapore
Page	8-27
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	restrictedAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	82

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Malay Language in Singapore

2020

Shriniwas Rai

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Shriniwas Rai
Editor	Hussin Zoohri, Wan Zainul Abidin Rasheed Norshahril Saat
Title	Malay Language in Singapore
Source Title	Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays
Publication Date	2020
Publisher	Singapore: World Scientific Publishing
DOI	https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811212512_0040
Call Number	DS610.25.M34 Bey 2020
Subject	Malay Language -- Singapore -- History Malay Language -- Singapore
Page	691-693
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	restrictedAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Mandarin and the mandarins: language policy and the media in Singapore

1980

Harrison, Godfrey

Collection	Language
Author/Creator	Harrison, Godfrey
Title	Mandarin and the mandarins: language policy and the media in Singapore
Source Title	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Publication Date	1980
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.1980.9994009
Call Number	P115 JMMD
Subject	Chinese language -- Singapore Language policy -- Singapore
Page	175-180
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	1
Issue	2