1st Edition
Crosslinguistic Influence in Singapore English Linguistic and Social Aspects
By Ming Chew Teo
Copyright 2020
172 Pages
56 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
56 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
56 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In a social setting where speakers with several languages interact extensively, a major source of variation in Colloquial Singapore English comes from the complex interaction between crosslinguistic influences and various social and linguistic factors. By unifying both social and linguistic aspects of the phenomenon through the use of multivariate analyses like logistic regressions and Poisson... Read more
1. Introduction: Crosslinguistic Influence in Singapore English
2. You Say Buay, I say Tahan: The Linguistic Situation in Singapore
3. Toolkit for Unifying Social and Linguistic Aspects
4. Missing You: Past Tense and Plural Marking
5. Semantically Unique: Already Got One
6. At the End of the Clause: Discourse Particles Lah, Leh, Lor
7. Conclusion: Towards a More Complete Picture
Biography
Ming Chew Teo is an assistant professor of Chinese in the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Department at Virginia Tech. He is interested in the study of language contact and has published several articles on Singapore Southern Min and Colloquial Singapore English.
