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English in Singapore : modernity and management /

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lim, Lisa (Editor ), Pakir, Anne (Editor ), Wee, Lionel, 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2010.
Colección:Asian Englishes today.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.