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Mother Tongues, English, and Religion in Singapore
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Vaish, Viniti – World Englishes, 2008
This paper reports on an investigation of the effect of religion on language use in Singapore. Data come from the Sociolinguistic Survey of Singapore, 2006, a large-scale language survey linked to follow-up studies. The conceptual framework was based upon Castells' idea of a new social order in the network society; the main research questions were…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Ethnic Groups, Religion, Foreign Countries