Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- ‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language -- Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore -- Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings -- Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices -- The mother tongue: male texts and female readings -- Second language: official bilingualism brought home -- Disciplining difference -- Notes -- References -- Indexweiterlesen