The influence of religious institutions on language maintenance in Singapore

• Main Author: Siti Amirah Mohd Amin
• Other Authors: Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Humanities::Religions::Islam; Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Language policy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78752
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Situated in Singapore’s language shift phenomenon (Cavallaro & Serwe, 2010), this study seeks to understand how language policies in different layers ranging from the government – e.g. The Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) - to community – e.g. mosques and the attending public – influence t...