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Publication details [#29293]

Kuo, Eddie C.Y. and Björn H. Jernudd. 1993. Balancing macro- and micro-sociolinguistic perspectives in language management: The case of Singapore. Language Problems and Language Planning 17 (1) : 1–21.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language planning | language policy | multilingualism | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin | English | Languages, Indian | Malay | Tamil

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper deals with Singapore's micro- and macrolinguistic approaches to language management, the balanced application of which serves both individual growth and nation-building objectives.