Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore
This study investigated language shift in the Tamil community, a minority group in Singapore, and the maintenance of their mother tongue, Tamil as well as notions of identity amongst young Tamils. Contrary to previous studies, this study takes a stance that there is a possibility for Tamil to be a l...
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2018
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| author | Rajan, Rajeni |
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| description | This study investigated language shift in the Tamil community, a minority group in Singapore, and the maintenance of their mother tongue, Tamil as well as notions of identity amongst young Tamils. Contrary to previous studies, this study takes a stance that there is a possibility for Tamil to be a living language in Singapore, and in light of the positive attitudes and growing support observed amongst young English-educated Tamils, the declining use in Tamil may be gradually averted. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-683842018-07-03T03:12:57Z Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore Rajan, Rajeni This study investigated language shift in the Tamil community, a minority group in Singapore, and the maintenance of their mother tongue, Tamil as well as notions of identity amongst young Tamils. Contrary to previous studies, this study takes a stance that there is a possibility for Tamil to be a living language in Singapore, and in light of the positive attitudes and growing support observed amongst young English-educated Tamils, the declining use in Tamil may be gradually averted. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68384 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Rajan, Rajeni Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title | Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title_full | Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title_short | Tamil and Tamils: A Study of Language and Identity amongst the Indian Tamil Community in Singapore |
| title_sort | tamil and tamils: a study of language and identity amongst the indian tamil community in singapore |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68384 |