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The desire of the populace to forge more enduring ties with one another, in brief, to laugh, converse, entertain, make a living, fulfill cross-cultural desires of curiosity, marry and have children is given manifestation through the creation of mixed codes and their respective hybrid identities.
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© 2013 Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
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Chew, P.GL. (2013). Hybrid Identities: Three Case Studies of Attraction and Engagement. In: A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012340_7
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