The Multilingual State in Search of the Nation: The Language Discourse in Singapore’s Nation-Building

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Nation-building; language policy; Singapore; ethnic relations; politics; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Social Influence and Political Communication; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/361; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma996072402601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Language,%20Nation%20and%20Development%20in%20Southeast%20Asia&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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