Jock Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591957 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jock Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jock |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9496-8327 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Breaking the Boundaries Collective – A Manifesto for Relationship-based Practice
This paper argues that professionals who make boundary-related decisions should be guided by relationship-based practice. In our roles as service users and professionals, drawing from our lived experiences of professional relationships, we argue we need to move away from distance-based practice. This includes understanding the boundary stories and narratives that exist for all of us -including the people we support, other professionals, as well a…
Resemblance by meaning and culture between Singapore English and Singapore Mandarin
Resemblance between languages could be due to relatedness in terms of etymology. Varieties of the same language or dialects resemble one another in many ways because they are related. The languages within a language family, descendants of a common ancestral language, also resemble one another in some ways. To contemplate resemblance between two languages, one could consider their mutual intelligibility or other kinds of formal similarities. For e…
“Is beauty only skin deep?”: The conceptualization of ‘beauty’ in Mandarin Chinese
From a semantic and cultural perspective, one could ask a number of questions regarding the English word ‘beauty’ and the adjectival form ‘beautiful’ when they are used to refer to visual aspects of people. Given that scholars and professionals in the beauty industry frequently use the words to describe people from various cultures, should we assume that each of them embodies a semantic and cultural universal? Given that plastic surgeons and beau…
Japanese first-person singular pronouns revisited: A semantic and cultural interpretation
Child-raising Values and Practices: Looking from the Inside
This introduction to the special forum on the linguistic aspects of child-raising practices discusses the ethnocentric bias inherent in every natural language and proposes a way to minimize this bias. English is not culturally neutral. Words like ‘love’ and ‘happy’ are not suitable for cross cultural description because they reflect an English-specific perspective. However, while most words in any language are language-specific, research suggests…
The "triple articulation" of language
Anglo English and Singapore English tags: Their meanings and cultural significance
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show that their semantic and pragmatic differences relate to differences in ways of thinking in the two cultures. For the purposes of this research, meaning i…
Anglo English and Singapore English tags Their meanings and cultural significance
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show that their semantic and pragmatic differences relate to differences in ways of thinking in the two cultures. For the purposes of this research, meaning i…
Catherine E. Travis , Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy
Catherine E. Travis, Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. x, 327. Hb US$128.00.Pragmatics, the study of language use in context, has largely been positioned as an autonomous branch of linguistics that has little or nothing to do with semantics. However, it seems counterintuitive to me to attempt to understand language use without at the same time trying to understand what it means. Cath…
Discourse Markers in Colombian Spanish: A Study in Polysemy
Contextualizingauntyin Singaporean English
Presumably, in any culture, people who are perceived to be different from some 'mainstream' majority are categorized in some way and assigned a label. Such 'cultural' categories can be complimentary or, usually, pejorative and are therefore good indicators of cultural attitudes and values. We can learn a lot about a culture through the semantic study of its cultural categories. In Singapore English, the social honorificsauntyanduncleare used by e…
"Why you so Singlish one?" A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one
The particle one of Singapore English is widely used in Singapore culture, but it is little mentioned and its invariant meaning has not been described, so that not much is known about its meaning and the cultural norms it reflects. This article provides a detailed semantic analysis of this particle, articulates its meaning in the form of a reductive paraphrase using natural semantic metalanguage, and argues that its use reflects Singapore English…
Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English
Every language variety embodies a set of culture-specific ways of thinking that can be articulated with maximal clarity and minimal ethnocentrism in the form of ‘cultural scripts’ using natural semantic metalanguage (NSM). In this study, perceptions of ‘personal autonomy’ in Anglo culture and in Singapore culture are explored on the basis of linguistic evidence using NSM. These Anglo and Singaporean attitudes to personal autonomy are articulated …
The particles of Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
Reduplication of nominal modifiers in Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
While the formal properties of reduplication in many languages have aroused the interest of many linguists and much appears to have been done in this area, the same cannot be said about its semantics. It seems that our understanding of the kinds of meaning associated with reduplication processes remains rather limited. This is regrettable, given that language meaning can shed a lot of light on the speech community's ways of thinking and norms of …
The particles of Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
Discourse Markers in Colombian Spanish: A Study in Polysemy
The "triple articulation" of language
"Why you so Singlish one?" A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one
The particle one of Singapore English is widely used in Singapore culture, but it is little mentioned and its invariant meaning has not been described, so that not much is known about its meaning and the cultural norms it reflects. This article provides a detailed semantic analysis of this particle, articulates its meaning in the form of a reductive paraphrase using natural semantic metalanguage, and argues that its use reflects Singapore English…
Contextualizingauntyin Singaporean English
Presumably, in any culture, people who are perceived to be different from some 'mainstream' majority are categorized in some way and assigned a label. Such 'cultural' categories can be complimentary or, usually, pejorative and are therefore good indicators of cultural attitudes and values. We can learn a lot about a culture through the semantic study of its cultural categories. In Singapore English, the social honorificsauntyanduncleare used by e…
Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English
Every language variety embodies a set of culture-specific ways of thinking that can be articulated with maximal clarity and minimal ethnocentrism in the form of ‘cultural scripts’ using natural semantic metalanguage (NSM). In this study, perceptions of ‘personal autonomy’ in Anglo culture and in Singapore culture are explored on the basis of linguistic evidence using NSM. These Anglo and Singaporean attitudes to personal autonomy are articulated …
Reduplication of nominal modifiers in Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
While the formal properties of reduplication in many languages have aroused the interest of many linguists and much appears to have been done in this area, the same cannot be said about its semantics. It seems that our understanding of the kinds of meaning associated with reduplication processes remains rather limited. This is regrettable, given that language meaning can shed a lot of light on the speech community's ways of thinking and norms of …
Japanese first-person singular pronouns revisited: A semantic and cultural interpretation
Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English
Every language variety embodies a set of culture-specific ways of thinking that can be articulated with maximal clarity and minimal ethnocentrism in the form of ‘cultural scripts’ using natural semantic metalanguage (NSM). In this study, perceptions of ‘personal autonomy’ in Anglo culture and in Singapore culture are explored on the basis of linguistic evidence using NSM. These Anglo and Singaporean attitudes to personal autonomy are articulated …
The particles of Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
Reduplication of nominal modifiers in Singapore English: A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation
While the formal properties of reduplication in many languages have aroused the interest of many linguists and much appears to have been done in this area, the same cannot be said about its semantics. It seems that our understanding of the kinds of meaning associated with reduplication processes remains rather limited. This is regrettable, given that language meaning can shed a lot of light on the speech community's ways of thinking and norms of …
"Why you so Singlish one?" A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one
The particle one of Singapore English is widely used in Singapore culture, but it is little mentioned and its invariant meaning has not been described, so that not much is known about its meaning and the cultural norms it reflects. This article provides a detailed semantic analysis of this particle, articulates its meaning in the form of a reductive paraphrase using natural semantic metalanguage, and argues that its use reflects Singapore English…
Discourse Markers in Colombian Spanish: A Study in Polysemy
Contextualizingauntyin Singaporean English
Presumably, in any culture, people who are perceived to be different from some 'mainstream' majority are categorized in some way and assigned a label. Such 'cultural' categories can be complimentary or, usually, pejorative and are therefore good indicators of cultural attitudes and values. We can learn a lot about a culture through the semantic study of its cultural categories. In Singapore English, the social honorificsauntyanduncleare used by e…
Catherine E. Travis , Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy
Catherine E. Travis, Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. x, 327. Hb US$128.00.Pragmatics, the study of language use in context, has largely been positioned as an autonomous branch of linguistics that has little or nothing to do with semantics. However, it seems counterintuitive to me to attempt to understand language use without at the same time trying to understand what it means. Cath…
Anglo English and Singapore English tags: Their meanings and cultural significance
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show that their semantic and pragmatic differences relate to differences in ways of thinking in the two cultures. For the purposes of this research, meaning i…
Anglo English and Singapore English tags Their meanings and cultural significance
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show that their semantic and pragmatic differences relate to differences in ways of thinking in the two cultures. For the purposes of this research, meaning i…
The "triple articulation" of language
Child-raising Values and Practices: Looking from the Inside
This introduction to the special forum on the linguistic aspects of child-raising practices discusses the ethnocentric bias inherent in every natural language and proposes a way to minimize this bias. English is not culturally neutral. Words like ‘love’ and ‘happy’ are not suitable for cross cultural description because they reflect an English-specific perspective. However, while most words in any language are language-specific, research suggests…
“Is beauty only skin deep?”: The conceptualization of ‘beauty’ in Mandarin Chinese
From a semantic and cultural perspective, one could ask a number of questions regarding the English word ‘beauty’ and the adjectival form ‘beautiful’ when they are used to refer to visual aspects of people. Given that scholars and professionals in the beauty industry frequently use the words to describe people from various cultures, should we assume that each of them embodies a semantic and cultural universal? Given that plastic surgeons and beau…
Japanese first-person singular pronouns revisited: A semantic and cultural interpretation
Breaking the Boundaries Collective – A Manifesto for Relationship-based Practice
This paper argues that professionals who make boundary-related decisions should be guided by relationship-based practice. In our roles as service users and professionals, drawing from our lived experiences of professional relationships, we argue we need to move away from distance-based practice. This includes understanding the boundary stories and narratives that exist for all of us -including the people we support, other professionals, as well a…
Resemblance by meaning and culture between Singapore English and Singapore Mandarin
Resemblance between languages could be due to relatedness in terms of etymology. Varieties of the same language or dialects resemble one another in many ways because they are related. The languages within a language family, descendants of a common ancestral language, also resemble one another in some ways. To contemplate resemblance between two languages, one could consider their mutual intelligibility or other kinds of formal similarities. For e…
Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Meaning (existential (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Paraphrase (5 works)