Children's English in Singapore : acquisition, properties, and use / Sarah Buschfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buschfeld, Sarah, author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in World Englishes

Routledge studies in world Englishes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Singapore--Acquisition.

English language.

English language--Dialects--Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Combining the World Englishes framework with First Language Acquisition methodology, this book investigates children's acquisition of L1 English in the context of multilingual Singapore, one of the traditional Kachruvian Outer Circle or ESL countries. The book investigates language choice, use, and dominance in Singaporean families, identifies common linguistic characteristics of L1 Singapore English, as well as the acquisitional route that Singaporean children take. It discusses characteristics at the different levels of language organization, i.e. phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, and pragmatic features, drawing on a variety of systematically elicited data and Praat-based acoustic analyses. Comparing the results to similar data obtained from children living in England (both mono- and bi-/multilingual), the book also sheds light on how the acquisitional steps taken by Singaporean children differ from or are similar to traditional native speakers of English and children from immigrant families in England"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Singapore English : evolution, sociolinguistic background, and structural characteristics

Acquiring English as a first language : setting the scene

Investigating the qcquisition of L1 Singapore English : setting the methodological scene

L1 Singapore English : acquisitional background, usage domains, and features

The acquisition of subject pronouns

The acquisition of past tense marking

The acquisition of vowel sounds

Discussion.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-351-78078-6

1-315-20103-8

1-351-78079-4

9781315201030

OCLC:

1112143506