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All Things New in Singapore: On creativity, complexity, and usage associations in Englishes

What a simple phrase can teach us on linguistic creativity and on how language works

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2021

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In January 2021, Singapore's national performing arts center ‘Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’, known especially for the high-quality acoustics of its concert hall, ran a special program called ‘All Things New’, featuring concerts and other art performances. It was advertised on location (see Figure 1), by a leaflet (Figure 2), and in a one-minute video (https://www.esplanade.com/festivals-and-series/all-things-new/2021) also shared on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U-7Yw9sTPs), and introduced young artists and bands who performed on the institution's ‘Concourse’ and its open stage called ‘Outdoor Theatre’ (for an example, see Figure 3).

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English Today , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , pp. 24 - 34
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