Please stop speaking Singlish! Pragmatism against identity construction.

• Main Author: Han, Zi Rui.
• Other Authors: School of Art, Design and Media
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Visual arts; DRNTU::Humanities::Language
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38715
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this research measures pragmatism against identity construction; to evaluate if pragmatism based on Standard Singapore English alone, is sufficient for the construction of a Singaporean identity. Through literary reviews and street interviews with 50 Singaporeans across all ethnic and...