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1. 1. Linguistic Landscaping in Singapore: The Local Linguistic Ecology and the Roles of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Hoa Tang; [2016]
   Keywords : linguistic landscape; the ecology of language; language ecology; linguistic dominance; niches; multilingual ism ; English imperialism; diffusion-of-English paradigm; language shift; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e. READ MORE