The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
Edited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim
[Studies in World Language Problems, 4] 2013. ix, 322 pp.
Robbie B.H. Goh
List of John Benjamins publications for which Robbie B.H. Goh plays a role.
Title
Subjects English linguistics | Language policy | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2013 7. Uncertain locale: The dialectics of space and the cultural politics of English in Singapore The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific, Wee, Lionel, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim (eds.), pp. 125–144 | Article
The role and place of English in Singapore is shaped by a number of key cultural factors, including the nation’s colonial legacy, its multi-racial and multi-lingual society (and how this is handled by government policy), the push to position Singapore as a global city attracting transnational… read more
2013 16. Conclusion The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific, Wee, Lionel, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim (eds.), pp. 303–316 | Article
2001 Iconicity in advertising signs: Motive and method in miming ‘the body’ The Motivated Sign, Fischer, Olga and Max Nänny (eds.), pp. 189–210 | Article