Lionel Wee

Lionel Wee is a linguist in the Department of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore. He is interested in language policy (especially in Southeast Asia), the grammar of Singapore English, metaphorical discurse, and general issues in sociolinguistics and pragmatics. He sits on the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics, English World-Wide and Multilingual Margins. His recent publications include The Singlish Controversy: Language, Identity and Culture in a Globalizing World (2018) and Language, Space, and Cultural Play: Theorizing Affect in the Semiotic Landscape (2019, co-authored with Robbie Goh), both with Cambridge University Press.