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| Title: | Metadiscursive convergence in the Singlish debate | Authors: | Wee, L. | Keywords: | Iconization Language ideological debates Metadiscursivity Singlish Social language |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Citation: | Wee, L. (2011). Metadiscursive convergence in the Singlish debate. Language and Communication 31 (1) : 75-85 . ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2010.04.001 | Abstract: | This paper focuses on the debate over Singlish, a colloquial variety of English spoken in Singapore, and examines the factors that lead to a metadiscursive convergence between the anti-Singlish government and the pro-Singlish Singaporeans. The paper shows how it is that even as the two sides disagree on whether to stigmatize or valorize Singlish, they both share similar assumptions about Singlish. As a result, these assumptions are never contested, much less critically examined, despite their problematic nature. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Language and Communication | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/21989 | ISSN: | 02715309 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.langcom.2010.04.001 |
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