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Young Singaporean English : current developments in CSE morphosyntax in a digital world / Jakob R.E. Leimgruber [and five others]

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. (Jakob Robert Eugen), 1980- author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in world Englishes
Cambridge elements. Elements in world Englishes, 2633-3309
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Variation--Singapore.
English language.
English language--Singapore--Morphosyntax.
English language--Variation.
English language--Morphosyntax.
Singapore.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
Summary:
"The analysis of newly or recently emerged grammatical and lexical forms in Colloquial Singapore English is the main objective of this Element. Using corpus, survey, and interview data from different age groups, we shed light on the spread of language change across generations and ethnicities. Existing descriptions of CSE as a high-contact L1 variety of English in the late stages of endonormative stabilisation do not fully capture Singapore's continued multilingual ecology: source languages remain in active use alongside CSE, enabling ongoing cross-linguistic influence. Innovative uses resulting from contact can be observed in apparent and real time. In this volume, we use a range of sources to look at recent changes in the lexicon and grammar of CSE, pointing to a dynamic variety that is difficult to fully capture with existing models of variation"-- Cambridge Core
Contents:
Corpus approaches to CSE change
Integrating corpus and survey methods to examine CSE use and change
Structural and stylistic variation in the use of (Bo)Jio
Variation and change in CSE passive marking
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 4, 2026)
Other Format:
Print version: Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. (Jakob Robert Eugen), 1980- Young Singaporean English
ISBN:
9781009634724
1009634720
9781009634717
1009634712
OCLC:
1599581061
Publisher Number:
CIPO000397829
Access Restriction:
Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access

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