Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 150 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
ISBN:
9781139225755
Series Statement:
Studies in English language
Content:
In recent years the study of English and its global varieties has grown rapidly as a field of study. The English language in Singapore, famous for its vernacular known as 'Singlish', is of particular interest to linguists because it takes accent, dialect and lexical features from a wide range of languages including Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien and Tamil, as well as being influenced by the Englishes of Britain, Australia and America. This book gives a comprehensive overview of English in Singapore by setting it within a historical context and drawing on recent developments in the field of indexicality, world Englishes and corpus research. Through application of the indexicality framework Jakob Leimgruber offers readers a new way of thinking about and analysing the unique syntactic, semantic and phonological structure of Singapore English. This book is ideal for researchers and advanced students interested in Singapore and its languages
Content:
Introduction: Singapore and its Englishes -- Variation in Singapore English: old and new models -- Description: phonology and lexicon -- Description: grammar -- Indexicality: a model for Singapore? -- Conclusion: the variety as a structural unit
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107027305
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107558731
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Leimgruber, Jakob, 1980 - Singapore English Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 1107027306
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107027305
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781107027305
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Singapur
;
Sprachvariante
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139225755
URL:
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Author information:
Leimgruber, Jakob 1980-
