Reconsidering language shift within Singapore’s Chinese community: A Bourdieusian analysis
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AbstractThe official narrative told by national census data in Singapore is that of massive language shift within one generation from a myriad of Chinese dialects towards Mandarin and English as dominant home languages. This story of shift is often told in ways that suggest the community completely and pragmatically transformed its practices and allegiances (
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