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Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2005 In this book, our goal is to understand how the language policies of various nation-states in Southeast Asia grapple with the challenge of …
Politics of English
This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national …
Singlish Controversy
Singlish is the colloquial variety of English spoken in Singapore. It has sparked much public debate, but so far the complex question of what Singlish really is and what it means …
Sociolinguistics of the Korean Wave
Samosir and Wee examine how the immensely popular Korean Wave ("e;K-wave"e;) also known as Hallyu is wielded as soft power through the use of communication for persuasion …
Style, Identity and Literacy
Style, Identity and Literacy: English in Singapore is a qualitative study of the literacy practices of a group of Singaporean adolescents, relating their patterns of interaction – …
The Communicative Linguistic Landscape
How exactly do linguistic landscapes communicate and what theoretical significance might follow from such an inquiry? This book addresses these questions by taking as its starting …
Text In Education And Society
The central place of "e;text"e; as a means of organising language in order to construct what people come to think of as "e;knowledge"e; is a phenomenon affecting …
English in Singapore – Modernity and Management
This book provides a detailed investigation into the state and status of English in Singapore. These are important barometers of how successful this dynamic society is in its …
Posthumanist World Englishes
A posthumanist approach problematizes the separateness and centrality of humans in understanding the world around us. Posthumanism does not deny the role of humans but questions …
Language, Space and Cultural Play
This multimodal approach to linguistic landscapes examines the role of linguistic and semiotic regimes in constructing landscape affect. Affect, as distinct from emotion, is …
Automation in Communication
By drawing on multiple examples from healthcare, religion, service encounters and poetry, Lionel Wee presents rich insights into the use of automation in communication through a …
Sociolinguistics of the Korean Wave
Samosir and Wee examine how the immensely popular Korean Wave ("K-wave") also known as Hallyu is wielded as soft power through the use of communication for persuasion and …