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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research
Presentationsand publications (completed or in press):
1) Jain, R. and Wee, L. In press. Diversity management and the presumptive universality of categories: The Case of the Indians in Singapore. Current Issues in Language Planning.
2) Hiramoto, M., and Wee, L. In press. Kawaii in the semiotic landscape. Sociolinguistic Studies.
3) Wee, L. 2018. Language policy and management in World Englishes. In E.L. Low and A. Pakir (eds.), World Englishes: Rethinking Paradigms, 183-199. London: Routledge.
4) Wee, L. 2018. Standards in English. In P. Seargeant, A. Hewings and S. Pihlaja (eds.), Handbook of English Language Studies. London: Routledge.
5) Lim, L., Stroud, C. and Wee, L. (eds.) 2018. The Multilingual Citizen. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
6) Wee, L. 2018. What kind of object is language? And why should sociolinguistics care? Invited presentation. Roundtable on Disturbing Sociolinguistics, Hong Kong University, 8-9 March 2018.
7) Wee, L. 2018. What the continued existence of Singlish tells us about language vitality. Invited presentation. Language Vitality in the World of Englishes, NTU, 15-16 March 2018.
8) DeCosta, P., Park, J. and Wee, L. Co-organizers. Invited colloquium. ???Rethinking Multilingual-Language-in-Education Policy in the Asia Pacific Rim???. Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
9) Wee, L. Discussant. Panel on ???Ir/rationality in Language Investment???. Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
10) Wee, L. 2018. Kawaii in the Semiotic Landscape. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
11) DeCosta, P., Park, J. and Wee, L. Co-organizers. Language Education and Linguistic Entrepreneurship: Critical Perspectives. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Chicago, 24-27 March 2018.
Wee, L. 2017. Constructing initiative:Identity in LSP. Paper presented at the First International Conference onLanguage for Specific Purposes. Slovenia, 18-20 May 2017.
Brooks, A. and Wee, L. 2016. Personalbranding as affective regime. The European Business Review. http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/personal-branding-as-affective-regime/.
DeCosta, P., Park, J., and Wee, L. 2016.Linguistic Entrepreneurship. Asia Pacific Education Researcher 25: 695-702.
Jain, R., Wee, L. 2017. Cartographic mismatches and language policy: Thecase of Hindi in Singapore. Language Policy. doi:10.1007/s10993-016-9429-8
Wee, L. 2017. Institutional constraints onflexible versus fixed multilingualism: The case of parallel language ideologyin Sweden. In C. Kerfoot and K. Hyltenstam (eds.), Entangled Discourses:South-North Orders of Visibility, 137-53. London: Routledge.
Park, J. and Wee, L. 2017. Nation-State,Transnationalism, and Language. In S. Canagarajah (ed.), 47-62. The RoutledgeHandbook of Language and Migration. London: Routledge.
Wee, L. In press. The linguistic systemconundrum. World Englishes.
Wee, L. In press. The Singlish Controversy:Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Invitations and other indicators of esteem
My 2018 book, The Singlish Controversy, has been nominated by Cambridge University Press for the Linguistic Society of America???s Leonard Bloomfield Book Award.
Invitation to contribute to an edited volume on multilingualism in global cities. P. Siemund and J. Leimgruber (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to write a commentary for an edited volume on language, globalization and China. Gao Shuang and Xuan Wang (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to write a comment for a special issue of Language Policy focusing on China. P. DeCosta (ed.).
Invitation to contribute to The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics. L. Santelmann, S. Conrad and A. Hartig (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to be on the scientific committee of Language in the Media conference. Organized by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). July 2019.
Invitation to be on the editorial board of the International Journal of Research in English Education (declined)
Invitation to speak at the Conference on ???Evolving Strategies to Overcome Continuing Challenges in Second Language Education at the Tertiary Level'. March 2018. Department of English, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai (declined)
Invitation to speak at the 2nd Women in TESOL International Conference. April 13-15, 2018 at Enderun Colleges in Manila, Philippines (declined)
Keynoteat NIE-ELL Postgraduate Conference on Language, Literature and Education (20April 2017).
Keynoteat ACJC (29 April 2017) English Language & Linguistics Symposium.
Invitedto deliver a plenary at the Third International Conference of the LinguisticsAssociation of Pakistan, 12-14 October 2017 (which I declined).
Invitedto participate in a roundtable on Disturbing Sociolinguistics, Hong KongUniversity, 8-9 March 2018.
Askedto provide endorsement for new book, CriticalSociolinguistic Research Methods (Routledge).
Invitationto contribute to an edited volume on World Englishes, to be edited by S.Bushfeld and A. Kautzsch. Proposal being considered by Edinburgh UniversityPress.
Invitedto chair a colloquium on sociolinguistics in Southeast Asia, forSociolinguistics Symposium 22 in Auckland, June 2018. Will be co-organizing thecolloquium with P. DeCosta and J. Park.
Invitedto be on the editorial board of the Journalof Asian Linguistic Anthropology.
Invitedto be on the editorial board of BrillResearch Perspectives on Language Policy and Linguistic Rights.
Invited to be on the Scientific Committee of CALA (Conference on AsianLinguistic Anthropology), University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho ChiMinh City.
Invited to be on the Scientific Committee of the 7th Language in theMedia Conference, Cape Town 18-20 October 2017.
Invited to be onthe Abstracts Committee forMultidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning 2017, Universityof Calgary.
My article, Language politics and global city (which originallyappeared in 2014 in the journal Discourse:Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education) was reprinted in:
S. Blum (ed.) 2017. Making Senseof Language, 504-13. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Presentationsand publications (completed or in press):
1) Jain, R. and Wee, L. In press. Diversity management and the presumptive universality of categories: The Case of the Indians in Singapore. Current Issues in Language Planning.
2) Hiramoto, M., and Wee, L. In press. Kawaii in the semiotic landscape. Sociolinguistic Studies.
3) Wee, L. 2018. Language policy and management in World Englishes. In E.L. Low and A. Pakir (eds.), World Englishes: Rethinking Paradigms, 183-199. London: Routledge.
4) Wee, L. 2018. Standards in English. In P. Seargeant, A. Hewings and S. Pihlaja (eds.), Handbook of English Language Studies. London: Routledge.
5) Lim, L., Stroud, C. and Wee, L. (eds.) 2018. The Multilingual Citizen. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
6) Wee, L. 2018. What kind of object is language? And why should sociolinguistics care? Invited presentation. Roundtable on Disturbing Sociolinguistics, Hong Kong University, 8-9 March 2018.
7) Wee, L. 2018. What the continued existence of Singlish tells us about language vitality. Invited presentation. Language Vitality in the World of Englishes, NTU, 15-16 March 2018.
8) DeCosta, P., Park, J. and Wee, L. Co-organizers. Invited colloquium. ???Rethinking Multilingual-Language-in-Education Policy in the Asia Pacific Rim???. Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
9) Wee, L. Discussant. Panel on ???Ir/rationality in Language Investment???. Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
10) Wee, L. 2018. Kawaii in the Semiotic Landscape. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, University of Auckland, 27-30 June 2018.
11) DeCosta, P., Park, J. and Wee, L. Co-organizers. Language Education and Linguistic Entrepreneurship: Critical Perspectives. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Chicago, 24-27 March 2018.
Wee, L. 2017. Constructing initiative:Identity in LSP. Paper presented at the First International Conference onLanguage for Specific Purposes. Slovenia, 18-20 May 2017.
Brooks, A. and Wee, L. 2016. Personalbranding as affective regime. The European Business Review. http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/personal-branding-as-affective-regime/.
DeCosta, P., Park, J., and Wee, L. 2016.Linguistic Entrepreneurship. Asia Pacific Education Researcher 25: 695-702.
Jain, R., Wee, L. 2017. Cartographic mismatches and language policy: Thecase of Hindi in Singapore. Language Policy. doi:10.1007/s10993-016-9429-8
Wee, L. 2017. Institutional constraints onflexible versus fixed multilingualism: The case of parallel language ideologyin Sweden. In C. Kerfoot and K. Hyltenstam (eds.), Entangled Discourses:South-North Orders of Visibility, 137-53. London: Routledge.
Park, J. and Wee, L. 2017. Nation-State,Transnationalism, and Language. In S. Canagarajah (ed.), 47-62. The RoutledgeHandbook of Language and Migration. London: Routledge.
Wee, L. In press. The linguistic systemconundrum. World Englishes.
Wee, L. In press. The Singlish Controversy:Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Invitations and other indicators of esteem
My 2018 book, The Singlish Controversy, has been nominated by Cambridge University Press for the Linguistic Society of America???s Leonard Bloomfield Book Award.
Invitation to contribute to an edited volume on multilingualism in global cities. P. Siemund and J. Leimgruber (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to write a commentary for an edited volume on language, globalization and China. Gao Shuang and Xuan Wang (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to write a comment for a special issue of Language Policy focusing on China. P. DeCosta (ed.).
Invitation to contribute to The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics. L. Santelmann, S. Conrad and A. Hartig (eds.). In progress.
Invitation to be on the scientific committee of Language in the Media conference. Organized by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). July 2019.
Invitation to be on the editorial board of the International Journal of Research in English Education (declined)
Invitation to speak at the Conference on ???Evolving Strategies to Overcome Continuing Challenges in Second Language Education at the Tertiary Level'. March 2018. Department of English, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai (declined)
Invitation to speak at the 2nd Women in TESOL International Conference. April 13-15, 2018 at Enderun Colleges in Manila, Philippines (declined)
Keynoteat NIE-ELL Postgraduate Conference on Language, Literature and Education (20April 2017).
Keynoteat ACJC (29 April 2017) English Language & Linguistics Symposium.
Invitedto deliver a plenary at the Third International Conference of the LinguisticsAssociation of Pakistan, 12-14 October 2017 (which I declined).
Invitedto participate in a roundtable on Disturbing Sociolinguistics, Hong KongUniversity, 8-9 March 2018.
Askedto provide endorsement for new book, CriticalSociolinguistic Research Methods (Routledge).
Invitationto contribute to an edited volume on World Englishes, to be edited by S.Bushfeld and A. Kautzsch. Proposal being considered by Edinburgh UniversityPress.
Invitedto chair a colloquium on sociolinguistics in Southeast Asia, forSociolinguistics Symposium 22 in Auckland, June 2018. Will be co-organizing thecolloquium with P. DeCosta and J. Park.
Invitedto be on the editorial board of the Journalof Asian Linguistic Anthropology.
Invitedto be on the editorial board of BrillResearch Perspectives on Language Policy and Linguistic Rights.
Invited to be on the Scientific Committee of CALA (Conference on AsianLinguistic Anthropology), University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho ChiMinh City.
Invited to be on the Scientific Committee of the 7th Language in theMedia Conference, Cape Town 18-20 October 2017.
Invited to be onthe Abstracts Committee forMultidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning 2017, Universityof Calgary.
My article, Language politics and global city (which originallyappeared in 2014 in the journal Discourse:Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education) was reprinted in:
S. Blum (ed.) 2017. Making Senseof Language, 504-13. Oxford: Oxford University Press.