Who’s being elitist? A debate about the enregisterment of Singlish

Who’s being elitist? A debate about the enregisterment of Singlish

This article is a rejoinder to Lee (2023) who makes certain claims about the enregisterment of Singlish via a case study of Spiaking Singlish. In challenging Lee’s key claim that Spiaking Singlish deploys a form of elitist language, I argue that the Singlish features in the book need not demand a so...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir:	Lu, Luke
Rannpháirtithe:	School of Humanities
Formáid:	Journal Article
Teanga:	English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe:	2024
Ábhair:	Arts and Humanities Singlish Enregisterment
Rochtain ar líne:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178272

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