Robbie B.H. Goh

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robbie B.H. Goh is involved.

Title

The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific

Edited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim

This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts… read more

[Studies in World Language Problems, 4] 2013. ix, 322 pp.

Articles

Goh, Robbie B.H. 2013 7. Uncertain locale: The dialectics of space and the cultural politics of English in Singapore The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific, Wee, Lionel, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim (eds.), pp. 125–144 | Article

The role and place of English in Singapore is shaped by a number of key cultural factors, including the nation’s colonial legacy, its multi-racial and multi-lingual society (and how this is handled by government policy), the push to position Singapore as a global city attracting transnational… read more

Wee, Lionel, Lisa Lim and Robbie B.H. Goh 2013 16. Conclusion The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific, Wee, Lionel, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim (eds.), pp. 303–316 | Article

Goh, Robbie B.H. 2001 Iconicity in advertising signs: Motive and method in miming ‘the body’ The Motivated Sign, Fischer, Olga and Max Nänny (eds.), pp. 189–210 | Article