Publications

Publication details [#56582]

Kang, Yoonhee. 2012. Singlish or Globish: Multiple language ideologies and global identities among Korean educational migrants in Singapore. Journal of Sociolinguistics 16 (2) : 165–183.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | globalization | identity negotiation | language use | language variety

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin | English | Singlish

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

It is argued that South Korean study abroad students and their parents in Singapore treat and redefine the values of English, Singlish and Mandarin, in order to fabricate their own transnational identities, using metapragmatic evaluations.