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Singapore English
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 135.00Singapore English: A grammatical description provides a vivid account of current, contemporary Singapore English, complementing older seminal accounts of this variety. Drawing primarily on the Grammar of Spoken Singapore English Corpus, which comprises naturally-occurring conversational speech, the contributions in this volume not only provide comprehensive... more...
The Typology of Asian Englishes
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 120.00When considering the structure of New Englishes which have evolved in ? multilingual, mostly post-colonial ? contexts of Asia (thus, Asian Englishes), the significant factors to be considered are: 1) the variety/ies of the English lexifier that entered the local context; 2) the nature of transmission of English to the local population; and 3) the local,... more...
Deconstructing Creole
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007; US$ 173.00Deconstructing Creole is a collection of studies aimed at critically assessing the idea of creole languages as a homogeneous structural type with shared and peculiar patterns of genesis. Following up on the critical discussion of notions of ?creole exceptionalism? as historical and ideological constructs, this volume tests the basic assumptions that... more...
English in Singapore
Hong Kong University Press 2010; US$ 55.00This book provides a detailed investigation into the state and status of English in Singapore. These are important barometers of how successful this dynamic society is in its attempt to stay relevant to the world 'outside', even as it insists on portraying itself in terms of a resolutely Asian identity. more...
The Politics of English
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 143.00English is deeply embedded within recent neoliberal projects of social reformation in South Korea, becoming a central topic of contention in the controversial educational reforms of the Lee Myung-bak regime (2008–2012). It figured prominently in various changes to the Korean education system pursued by the Lee administration under the name of... more...
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