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Crosslinguistic influence in Singapore English : linguistic and social aspects / Ming Chew Teo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teo, Ming Chew, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in sociolinguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Singapore--Foreign elements.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects--Singapore.
- English language--Social aspects--Singapore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 160 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Biography/History:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction : crosslinguistic influence in Singapore English
- You say buay, I say tahan : the linguistic situation in Singapore
- Toolkit for unifying social and linguistic aspects
- Missing you : past tense and plural marking
- Semantically unique : already got one
- At the end of the clause : discourse particles lah, leh, lor
- Conclusion : towards a more complete picture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2020).
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Teo, Ming Chew. Crosslinguistic influence in Singapore English.
- ISBN:
- 9780429463853
- 0429463855
- 9780429873881
- 0429873883
- 9780429873867
- 0429873867
- 9780429873874
- 0429873875
- Publisher Number:
- 99991397122
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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