Negotiating Multiculturalism: Disciplining Difference in SingaporeOriginally published as Negotiating Language, Constructing Race, 1998, in the series titled Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 79, sociologist Nirmala Srirekam PuruShotam discusses language as a social phenomenon, focusing specifically on the configuration of nation in Singapore. Annotat |
Contents
realms of problematic possibilities | 1 |
the institutionalisation of Chinese Malay | 30 |
from political project to daily life | 75 |
Everyday Life contexts relevances | 103 |
male texts and female reading | 132 |
official bilingualism brought home | 174 |
Common terms and phrases
Alfred Schutz Bengali bilingualism British Cantonese census Chapter child Chinese language Chinese medium Chinese-educated Collection of Ministerial colonial concern construction context culture dialect discourse dominant English language English medium ensure ethnic Everyday Life world family nexus Goh Chok Tong Government Press Statement groups Gujerati Hindi Hokkien identify informants institutionalisation interaction involved language in Singapore learning Lee Kuan Yew linguistic Malay language Malaya Malaysia Mandarin language marriage married meanings medium schools mimeo Ministerial Speeches Monthly Collection mother tongue language multiracial Muslim Nanyang University narration National Language nexii noted official ordinary members organised parents particular Pattern perceived political population Prime Minister Prime Minister's Punjabi PuruShotam race racial recognised reference relevances second language subject second language Tamil Singapore Government Press Singaporean Indian South Indian Speak Mandarin specific spouse Straits taken-for-granted Tamil language Telegu thematisation trajectory typifications University of Singapore University Press woman
References to this book
(Un)tying the Knot: Ideal and Reality in Asian Marriage Gavin W. Jones,Kamalini Ramdas Limited preview - 2004 |