In-group identity construction in informal conversation : a conversation analytic study on Singaporean youth.

• Main Author: Ng, Chu Yi.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Discourse analysis; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Colloquial language; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Code switching; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Multilingualism; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Bilingualism::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50848
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the rise of Singlish being acknowledged by Singaporean youth as a marker of the Singaporean identity – supported by a Language Background and Attitudes Survey (LBAS) and literature on Singlish – this thesis seeks to explore how Singaporean youth negotiate identities in informal interaction amon...