National identity in Singapore

• Main Authors: Mohammed Shah Reza, Wong, Sharon Yingxian, Yang, Jasmine Shuhuan
• Other Authors: Kluver, Alan Randolph
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Cultural studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the use of rhetorical devices in the government’s discourse to craft national identity. Using Fisher’s narrative paradigm as the underlying framework for analysis, this study focuses on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s discourse in the National Day Rally speeches during the period...