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Publication details [#45944]

Wee, Lionel and Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng. 2007. Language Planning in Singapore: On Pragmatism, Communitarianism and Personal Names. Current Issues in Language Planning 8 (3) : 324–343.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
language planning | language policy | naming1 | pragmatism | standard1 vs. dialect2
Place, Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Journal WWW
www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses governmental failure in convincing Chinese Singaporeans to accord their children Mandarin names instead of dialect ones.