Striking a Balance
The Management of Language in Singapore
©2005
Thesis
236 Pages
Series:
Cross Cultural Communication, Volume 12
Summary
This study presents an overview of the management of language in Singapore. It focuses on the use of language as a resource and as a means of furthering national cohesion. The relative positions of the two major languages, Chinese and English, are traced from colonial times to this century, with reference to education, literature, and the emergence of distinctive local speech varieties. Major government interventions in the form of the Speak Mandarin Campaign and the Speak Good English Movement are discussed against a background of ongoing changes to the education system. A major theme is the influence of Lee Kuan Yew on language policy. Another is the need to strike a balance between the concerns of the different speech communities, and the significance of this balance for the future.
Details
- Pages
- 236
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631535561
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Zweisprachigkeit Soziolinguistik Chinesisch Englisch Regionale Sprachvarietät Sprachkodifizierung Singapur Geschichte 1900-2000 Sprachpolitik
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. 236 pp., 8 fig., num. tables
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