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Publication details [#61518]

Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan. 2016. Conflicting language ideologies and contradictory language practices in Singaporean multilingual families. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 37 (7) : 694–907.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

The Singaporean view of English as bearing instrumental values and mother tongues (MTs) as holding up cultural functions discloses value-laden language choices, power-bent language ideologies and (potentially contradictory) daily multilingual family practices, expressly settled via family language policy, in three multilingual families, representing three main Singaporean ethnic groups, i.e. Chinese, Malay and Indian.