Deborah Chua Fengyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5742452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Chua Fengyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah Chua |
| FAMILY NAME | Fengyi |
| SIGNATURE | FENGYI D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0863-3104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From moral adaptation to ethical criticism: Analyzing developments in Singapore’s character education programme
In an age of hyper-globalization, ethical criticism has become vital in tackling the bombardment of information across networked societies. This paper begins by exploring the historical emergence of ethical criticism, its dominant approaches (relational, analytical and historical), and potential for character education. Next, we focus on character education in Singapore. Utilizing a comparative case study analysis, we compared older and recent ch…
For What and for Whom? Expanding the Role of Research Syntheses for Diverse Stakeholders
Systematic reviews have witnessed significant growth across many fields, including education. In this article, we outline the background of this growth, highlight the tendency to focus on methodological considerations, and propose a framework to support education researchers in preparing systematic reviews with broad impact. We draw on our experience working with education stakeholders in Singapore and on international scholarship to propose a fr…
Segment count and weight in y -adjective comparatives: Inroads that bite off more than one can chew
Adjectival syllable count, often used to predict English comparatives more versus - er , is of little help in predicting the comparatives of adjectives ending in , pronounced /i/, here called the y -adjectives. Examples of y -adjectives include silly and worthy . This article considers whether the phonemic segment count (segment count) and penultimate syllable weight (penultimate weight) of y -adjectives may serve as alternatives to syllable coun…
Understanding comparative alternation in y -adjectives: What else might we need
This paper investigates the contribution of lexical spreads (or type counts) of English comparative more and - er constructions to an understanding of comparative alternation in the $y$ -adjectives, that is adjectives ending in an orthographic ${ $ and an /i/ sound, e.g. lazy . Comparative $y$ -adjective constructions from seven corpora of stage plays spanning from the 17th to the 20th century were analysed with mixed-effects modelling and correl…
Understanding comparative alternation in y -adjectives: What else might we need
This paper investigates the contribution of lexical spreads (or type counts) of English comparative more and - er constructions to an understanding of comparative alternation in the $y$ -adjectives, that is adjectives ending in an orthographic ${ $ and an /i/ sound, e.g. lazy . Comparative $y$ -adjective constructions from seven corpora of stage plays spanning from the 17th to the 20th century were analysed with mixed-effects modelling and correl…
Understanding comparative alternation in y -adjectives: What else might we need
This paper investigates the contribution of lexical spreads (or type counts) of English comparative more and - er constructions to an understanding of comparative alternation in the $y$ -adjectives, that is adjectives ending in an orthographic ${ $ and an /i/ sound, e.g. lazy . Comparative $y$ -adjective constructions from seven corpora of stage plays spanning from the 17th to the 20th century were analysed with mixed-effects modelling and correl…
Segment count and weight in y -adjective comparatives: Inroads that bite off more than one can chew
Adjectival syllable count, often used to predict English comparatives more versus - er , is of little help in predicting the comparatives of adjectives ending in , pronounced /i/, here called the y -adjectives. Examples of y -adjectives include silly and worthy . This article considers whether the phonemic segment count (segment count) and penultimate syllable weight (penultimate weight) of y -adjectives may serve as alternatives to syllable coun…
For What and for Whom? Expanding the Role of Research Syntheses for Diverse Stakeholders
Systematic reviews have witnessed significant growth across many fields, including education. In this article, we outline the background of this growth, highlight the tendency to focus on methodological considerations, and propose a framework to support education researchers in preparing systematic reviews with broad impact. We draw on our experience working with education stakeholders in Singapore and on international scholarship to propose a fr…
From moral adaptation to ethical criticism: Analyzing developments in Singapore’s character education programme
In an age of hyper-globalization, ethical criticism has become vital in tackling the bombardment of information across networked societies. This paper begins by exploring the historical emergence of ethical criticism, its dominant approaches (relational, analytical and historical), and potential for character education. Next, we focus on character education in Singapore. Utilizing a comparative case study analysis, we compared older and recent ch…
Adjective (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Noun (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Alternation (linguistics (1 works)