Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 1995 · 64 citations · 8 references
Language StudiesAnthropologyLinguisticsFamily StudiesLinguistic AnthropologySociolinguisticsFamily Language PracticesIntergenerational Language TransmissionLanguage ChangeLanguage FamiliesLanguage ShiftMultilingualismFamily Language SocializationIntergenerational BilingualismIntergenerational Language AttitudesLanguage Ideologies In FamiliesParent-child Language TransmissionParental Language AttitudesParental Language IdeologiesTransgenerational Language Shift
Abstract A major language shift in Singapore over the last twenty years has been from familial use of varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin towards the languages of education, English and Mandarin. This has been so rapid that grandchildren may have no language in common with their grandparents. An ethnographic study of a Singaporean Chinese family which has moved from Cantonese to English examines the attitudes and societal pressures which have led to this and shows how family members deal with the discrepancies in language repertoire.
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The Step‐Tongue: Children's English in Singapore.
Stanley Yunick · World Englishes · 1995 · 197 citations
Language Studies, English As A Second Language, Linguistics +10
New Englishes: the Case of Singapore
Charles F. Meyer · World Englishes · 1989 · 68 citations