A study of attitudes of dialect speakers towards the Speak Mandarin Campaign in Singapore. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patrick Chin Leong Ng.
• Authors: Ng, Patrick C. L
• Contents: Foreword; Contents; List of Figure; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Background of Research; 1.2 The Scope and Objectives of the Study; 1.3 Data Collection; 1.4 Conclusion; References; 2 Review of Literature on Planning for Language; Abstract; 2.1 Language Planning: Work of Government; 2.2 Two Perspectives to Language Planning: The Macrosociological and the Microlinguistic; 2.3 Language Planning and Language Management; 2.4 Sociolinguistics of Language Use; 2.5 Language and Identity; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Singapore: The Contextual Background; Abstract. 3.1 The Sociopolitical Background of Singapore3.2 The Sociolinguistic Situation in Singapore; 3.3 Language Planning in Singapore; 3.4 The Policy of Multilingualism; 3.5 The English-Knowing Bilingual School Policy; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 Review of Literature on the Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC); Abstract; 4.1 Organization of the SMC; 4.2 Implementation of the SMC; 4.3 The Official Arguments of the SMC; 4.4 Conclusion: Impact of the SMC; References; 5 Quantitative Analysis: Reported Language Use and Attitudes; Abstract; 5.1 Demographic Distribution of Sample. 5.2 Attitude of Respondents Toward Mandarin5.3 Attitudes of Respondents Toward the Status and Functions of Mandarin; 5.4 Comparison of Attitudes Toward English and Mandarin; 5.5 Attitudes of Respondents Toward the Transmission of Chinese Dialects; 5.6 Attitudes Toward the Official Arguments of the SMC; 5.7 Attitudes Toward the Planned Language Efforts; 5.8 Discussion of the Results of the SAS; References; 6 Qualitative Analysis: Views Towards the Speak Mandarin Campaign; Abstract; 6.1 Informants' Views on the Goals of the SMC; 6.2 Informants' Views on the Continuation of the SMC. 6.3 Informants' Views on the Campaign's Objective of Eliminating Chinese Dialects6.4 Informants' View on the Effectiveness of the SMC; 6.5 Discussions on the Results of the SSI; References; 7 Conclusion; Abstract; 7.1 Repercussions on the Decline of Chinese Dialects; 7.2 Future Challenge of the SMC; 7.3 Future Research on the SMC; 7.4 Limitations of Study; References; Appendix A: Self-administered Survey Form; Appendix B: Semi-structured Interview Schedule.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 410; Linguistics; Speak Mandarin Campaign, Singapore, 1979-; Language policy -- Singapore; Mandarin dialects -- Singapore; Chinese language -- Dialects -- Singapore; Language and culture -- Singapore; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative; Chinese language -- Dialects; Language and culture; Language policy; Mandarin dialects; Foreign Language Study -- Chinese; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Sociolinguistics; Applied linguistics; Chinese language; Sociolinguistics; Language: reference & general; Singapore; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811034435; 9811034435
• Related ISBNs: 9789811034411; 9811034419
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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