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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2003. Singapore English: A semantic and cultural perspective. Multilingua 23 (4) : 327–366.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN
0167-8507

Annotation

This paper examines some aspects of Singapore English from a semantic and cultural perspective, raising questions about Singaporean culture and national identity and about the nature of links between language and culture in a multilingual, heterogeneous, rapidly changing society.