Singapore boasts a complex mix of languages and is therefore a rich
site for the study of multilingualism and multilingual society. In
particular, writing is a key medium in the production of the nation's
multilingual order - one that is often used to organize language
relations for public consumption.In _Choreographies of
Multilingualism_, Tong King Lee examines the linguistic landscape of
written language in Singapore - from street signage and
advertisements, to institutional anthologies and text-based
memorabilia, to language primers and social media-based poetry - to
reveal the underpinning language ideologies and how those ideologies
figure in political tensions. The book analyzes the competing official
and grassroots narratives around multilingualism and takes a nuanced
approach to discuss the marginalization, celebration, or appropriation
of Singlish. Bringing together theoretical perspectives from
sociolinguistics, multimodal semiotics, translation, and cultural
studies, Lee demonstrates that multilingualism in Singapore is an
emergent and evolving construct through which identities and
ideologies are negotiated and articulated. Broad-ranging and
cross-disciplinary, this book offers a significant contribution to our
understanding of language in Singapore, and more broadly to our
understanding of multilingualism and the sociolinguistics of writing.
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Writing and Language Ideology in Singapore
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780197644676
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter