Lee Kuan Yew and his Use of Spatial-Orientational Metaphors

Author

Siow Heng ONG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

1998

Abstract

The Prime Minister's message to the nation after Singapore separated from Malaysia was one of consolidation and moving ahead. This was not an easy task for the speaker as the year before Singapore separated from Malaysia, the race riots had claimed 34 lives.1 These riots were even more prolonged than the Hertogh riots of 1950. Maintaining racial harmony and social integration was an uphill task. The hope for consolidation and a united sense of nationhood seemed distant.

Discipline

Business and Corporate Communications | Social Influence and Political Communication

Research Areas

Corporate Communication

Publication

Language, Society and Culture

Issue

3

ISSN

1327-774X

Publisher

University of Tasmania

Citation

ONG, Siow Heng. Lee Kuan Yew and his Use of Spatial-Orientational Metaphors. (1998). Language, Society and Culture. .
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2153

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