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Negotiating Language, Constructing Race : Disciplining Difference in Singapore / Nirmala Srirekam PuruShotam.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 79Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110156799
  • 9783110804454
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-VI -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- ‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language -- Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore -- Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings -- Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices -- The mother tongue: male texts and female readings -- Second language: official bilingualism brought home -- Disciplining difference -- Notes -- References -- Index

I-VI -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- ‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language -- Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore -- Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings -- Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices -- The mother tongue: male texts and female readings -- Second language: official bilingualism brought home -- Disciplining difference -- Notes -- References -- Index

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