caa a22 4500 378890654 CHVBK 20180305123453.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041124xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.231 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.231 Wong Jock Onn Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English [Elektronische Daten] [Jock Onn Wong] 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 in the form of cultural scripts, and are thus compared and contrasted. The proposed cultural scripts show that even though Anglo English speakers and Singapore English speakers can both be said to speak the same ‘language', the cultural values reflected by the two varieties can be radically different from and even at odds with each other. © Walter de Gruyter Sociolinguistics nationallicence Social groups & communities nationallicence Anthropology nationallicence cultural scripts nationallicence Anglo English nationallicence Singapore English nationallicence natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) nationallicence personal autonomy nationallicence Intercultural Pragmatics Walter de Gruyter 1/2(2004-11-24), 231-248 1612-295X 1:2<231 2004 1 iprg https://doi.org/10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.231 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.231 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Wong Jock Onn NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Intercultural Pragmatics Walter de Gruyter 1/2(2004-11-24), 231-248 1612-295X 1:2<231 2004 1 iprg CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter