Huang Hoon Chng

List of John Benjamins publications in which Huang Hoon Chng is involved.

Title

Separate and Unequal: Judicial rhetoric and women's rights

Huang Hoon Chng

This book argues for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the language of judges with respect to the issue of gender discrimination. Drawing its inspiration from Dell Hymes' socially constituted linguistics, the author examines the language of the judicial opinions of four U.S. Supreme… read more

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 3] 2002. viii, 156 pp.

Articles

Hoon, Chng Huang 2003 “You see me no up”: Is Singlish a problem? Language Problems and Language Planning 27:1, pp. 45–62 | Article

Singlish, Singapore’s brand of colloquial English, is accepted by some as an essential marker of Singaporean identity but deplored by others as a variety of English that puts Singapore and Singaporeans at a disadvantage because of its lack of international intelligibility. For this reason, it has… read more

Hoon, Chng Huang 1999 Review of PuruShotam (1998): Negotiating Language, Constructing Race: Disciplining Difference in Singapore English World-Wide 20:2, pp. 333–338 | Review