Ying-Ying Tan
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ying-Ying Tan is involved.
2023 English as lingua franca or World Englishes? Two approaches to achieving linguistic justice for all InContext 3:2, pp. 31–51 | Article
One of the key ways to realizing linguistic justice, as alluded to by Phillipe van Parijs (2011), is to welcome the use of English as a global lingua franca. Linguistic justice is defined as the condition in which the languages of linguistic groups are accorded official recognition, and the… read more
2017 Mandarinization and the construction of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore Chinese Language and Discourse 8:1, pp. 18–50 | Article
This paper examines the process of Mandarinization in Singapore, and the effects of this process on the construction of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore. It does this through an analysis of official government speeches, followed by a questionnaire study examining the beliefs and attitudes of… read more
2013 Attitudes toward accents of Mandarin in Singapore Chinese Language and Discourse 4:1, pp. 120–140 | Article
Like many other countries, Singapore has seen some public tension fermenting over what is sometimes perceived as the government’s generous open-door immigration policy. Some Singaporeans appear to have taken to regarding themselves as rightful “natives” by distinguishing between local and foreign… read more
2013 Intelligibility and attitudes: How American English and Singapore English are perceived around the world English World-Wide 34:2, pp. 177–201 | Article
This paper investigates international responses to Singapore English (SgE), in terms of both intelligibility and attitudes toward the speaker, and compares it to responses to American English (AmE). It surveys 200 respondents from over 20 countries as they listen to a set of 15 sound recordings,… read more