As some of you know, I used to do a double major in both English Language and Japanese Studies back in varsity. That also explains why my research is in these 2 areas. Here are some of the very best research papers I have done over the years. Enjoy!

Linguistics

Creolization in Baba Malay

Paper Excerpt: Spoken by the Straits-born Chinese in Malacca, Penang and Singapore, Baba Malay is regarded as a dying language. Yet, its status is of much debate among scholars. Is it a creole or a dialect?

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Indian English and Hinglish: The Case Of Diglossia In India

Paper Excerpt: The examination of words gleaned from corpus evidence shows that a diglossic situation exists in India, where Indian English represents the H variety and is used in formal situations whereas Hinglish, the L variety is reserved for use in informal situations. In fact, words found in both the H and L varieties can be graded.

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The Role Of Knowledge In Natural Language Understanding

Paper Excerpt: Language is often filled with ambiguities, double meanings, context sensitive observations and hidden implications. Can a computer understand human language, even with its subtle variations and in-built knowledge as well as a human being?

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Japan In Focus

Death Through The Eyes of the Japanese

Paper Excerpt: For any individual, death is a necessary outcome of one’s life. Yet, death is almost always painful to accept. Having a better grasp of the symbolism of death might help us better appreciate life and its impermanence. Of particular interests to this paper are to understand how the Japanese come to terms with the notion of death and if death represents the final stage of the Japanese’s life cycle.

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Ideas And Images In Japanese Aesthetics

Paper Excerpt: Japanese aesthetics is not something that transcends daily life, it is in daily life. Artistic creativity and sensibility are not set apart from but penetrate the ordinary person’s routine. Yet interestingly, all Japanese art forms are inextricably linked and influenced by religion.

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Whither The Japanese Banking System?

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Whither The Japanese Community in Singapore?

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Whither The Japanese Manufacturing Industry?

Paper Excerpt: Manufacturing  – one of the key industries of Japan. In the last decade, inherent weaknesses have been glaringly exposed. What needs to be done to bolster its fortunes again? Will its Western counterpart dominate this industry?

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