And from the Singaporean context, Velda Khoo looks at how pro-Singlish activists challenge characterisations of Singlish as a “deficient” English, asking how their reasoning can inadvertently reinforce linguistic hierarchies 👇
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Stakeholders often conceptualize Singlish as emblematic of the hybrid Singaporean condition, deploying it as a subversive linguistic symbol against an English-speaking leadership. This discourse anal...