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Publication details [#55507]

Wee, Lionel. 2011. Language policy mistakes in Singapore: Governance, expertise and the deliberation of language ideologies. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 21 (2) : 202–221.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | institutional context | language policy | linguistic knowledge

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This article reviews two language policy 'mistakes', acknowledged by the Singaporean government, and concentrates on the potential help of language experts in the policy construction process.