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Publication details [#54944]

Wee, Lionel. 2011. Metadiscursive convergence in the Singlish debate. Language & Communication 31 (1) : 75–85.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

evaluation | language attitude | language status | language variety | metacommunication

Language as a subject

English, Singapore

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This study concentrates on the debate over Singlish, the colloquial English variety spoken in Singapore, and explores the factors that result in a metadiscursive convergence between the anti-Singlish government and the pro-Singlish Singaporeans.