While changes in the demographic, economic, socio-political, linguistic and educational aspects of life in Singapore in the last fifteen years have been fairly

Language and Society is a broad introduction to the interaction of language and society, intended for undergraduate students majoring in any academic discipline

This volume challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language-related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that ca

In Singapore, multilingualism is the norm, and English (often the local variety) is widely acquired and used. This book examines the social and historical conte