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A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in SingaporeLanguage, Power and Political Identities: The 1959 Singapore Political Elections

A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in Singapore: Language, Power and Political... [The focus of this chapter is on how plural identities, previously discussed under the headings of racial, regional, religious and orthographical, became progressively reordered in British Singapore into essentially two main categories, that is, whether one was “English-educated” or “Chinese-educated.” Here then was one aspect of the educational divide on the eve of British withdrawal in 1959. This divide has political implications as the Chinese formed three-quarters of the Singapore population and hence their votes were key to success in any political election.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in SingaporeLanguage, Power and Political Identities: The 1959 Singapore Political Elections

Chew, Phyllis Ghim-Lian
Springer Journals — Oct 21, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
ISBN
978-1-349-43657-6
Pages
152 –169
DOI
10.1057/9781137012340_9
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Abstract

[The focus of this chapter is on how plural identities, previously discussed under the headings of racial, regional, religious and orthographical, became progressively reordered in British Singapore into essentially two main categories, that is, whether one was “English-educated” or “Chinese-educated.” Here then was one aspect of the educational divide on the eve of British withdrawal in 1959. This divide has political implications as the Chinese formed three-quarters of the Singapore population and hence their votes were key to success in any political election.]

Published: Oct 21, 2015

Keywords: Mother Tongue; Political Identity; English School; Chinese School; Mother Tongue Education

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