Oops Christians got it wrong about Christ! A linguistic analysis of sermons in megachurches in Singapore

• Main Author: Khoo, Li Yan Glenda
• Other Authors: Randy J. LaPolla
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66058
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Singapore, megachurches have been growing steadily in size and number since the 1980s. A megachurch is a large Protestant church that draws a sustained weekly attendance of at least 2000 members. This paper suggests that the linguistic devices used in sermons within these megachurches is the main...