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Singapore Language Enhancer: Identity Included
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Wee, Desmond – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2009
This article explores the rhetoric of the four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil) in Singapore and the domestic aversion towards Chinese "dialects" and colloquial "Singlish". The "Speak Mandarin Campaign" alongside the "Speak Good English Movement" represent a display of intercultural…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Ideology, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries