Metrolingual multitasking and differential inclusion: Singapore’s Chinese languages in shared spaces

• Main Authors: Ye, Junjia, Kwan, Justin P., Montsion, Jean Michel
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Chinese Languages; Differential Inclusion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164146
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Arrival cities are defined through migration-led diversification that structures integration, notably through everyday language practices. In Singapore’s multilingual landscape, we find hints of historical waves of migrants from Southern China speaking Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew and the r...