Table of Contents

i-vi — 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 — Index