Author

Lionel Wee

Observed names: L. Wee, LIONEL WEE, Wee Lionel, Wee, Lionel 1963-

Institution: National University of Singapore

Observed institutions: National University of Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, The University of Adelaide

ORCID: 0000-0002-2176-7951

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-2176-7951

OpenAlex ID: A5062603804

Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World

2012 · Joseph Sung‐Yul Park, Lionel Wee · 343

Linguistic Instrumentalism in Singapore

2003 · Lionel Wee · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 285

Language Learning as Linguistic Entrepreneurship: Implications for Language Education

2016 · Peter De Costa, Joseph Park, et al. · The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher · 214

Language without Rights

2010 · Lionel Wee · Oxford University Press eBooks · 180

Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia

2006 · Antonio L. Rappa, Lionel Wee · Language policy · 166

Intra-Language Discrimination and Linguistic Human Rights: The Case of Singlish

2005 · L. Wee · Applied Linguistics · 156

The Singlish Controversy

2018 · Lionel Wee · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 139

Situating affect in linguistic landscapes

2016 · Lionel Wee · Linguistic Landscape An international journal · 139

Linguistic entrepreneurship as affective regime: organizations, audit culture, and second/foreign language education policy

2018 · Peter I. De Costa, Joseph Park, et al. · Language Policy · 132

Personal Branding and the Commodification of Reflexivity

2010 · Lionel Wee, Ann Brooks · Cultural Sociology · 116

When English is Not a Mother Tongue: Linguistic Ownership and the Eurasian Community in Singapore

2002 · Lionel Wee · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 116

The Passive in Singapore English

1999 · Zhiming Bao, Lionel Wee · World Englishes · 116

The Three Circles Redux: A Market-Theoretic Perspective on World Englishes

2009 · J. S.-Y. Park, L. Wee · Applied Linguistics · 114

Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language

2013 · Lionel Wee · TESOL Quarterly · 112

Linguistic chutzpah and the Speak Good Singlish movement

2014 · LIONEL WEE · World Englishes · 111

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Why linguistic entrepreneurship?

2020 · Peter I. De Costa, Joseph Sung-Yul Park, et al. · Multilingua · 109

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English in Singapore: Modernity and Management

2010 · Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir, et al. · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 92

English in Singapore

2010 · Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir, et al. · Hong Kong University Press eBooks · 87

A practice‐based critique of English as a Lingua Franca

2011 · JOSEPH SUNG‐YUL PARK, LIONEL WEE · World Englishes · 83

The semiotics of language ideologies in Singapore1

2006 · Lionel Wee · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 78

5. Reduplication and discourse particles

2004 · Lionel Wee · Varieties of English around the world. General series · 78

Language education policy

2019 · Ritu Jain, Lionel Wee · Routledge eBooks · 75

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3. Nouns and noun phrases

2004 · Lionel Wee, Umberto Ansaldo · Varieties of English around the world. General series · 72

Markets of English

2013 · Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Lionel Wee · Routledge eBooks · 61

Constructing the source: metaphor as a discourse strategy

2005 · Lionel Wee · Discourse Studies · 57

Works count: 239

Citation count: 4,976

H-index: 39

I10-index: 82