Discourses of linguistic instrumentalism and identity : the evolution of the speak good English movement in Singapore

• Main Author: Tan, Samuel Wei Jian
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Course Assignment (CA)
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Language policy; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Diglossia; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Colloquial language; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Discourse analysis; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Public opinion; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social institutions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69918
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The inaugural launch of Singapore’s Speak Good English Movement on 29th April 2000 marked the start of governmental efforts to eradicate all use of Singlish in the nation-state – despite its growing stature as a marker of Singaporean identity – in favour of Standard Singapore English – which the pol...