The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao.
Bao, Zhiming, 1957-| Call Number | 427/.95957 |
| Author | Bao, Zhiming, 1957- author. |
| Title | The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Cambridge approaches to language contact |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015). |
| Contents | 1. Introduction -- 2. The ecology of Singapore English -- 3. Grammatical system and substratum transfer -- 4. Topic prominence, empty categories, and the bare conditional -- 5. Substratum, lexifier, and typological universals -- 6. Frequency, usage, and the circumscriptive role of the lexifier -- 7. Convergence-to-substratum -- 8. Epilogue. |
| Summary | Singapore English is a focal point across the many subfields of linguistics, as its semantic, syntactic and phonetic/phonological qualities tell us a great deal about what happens when very different types of language come together. Sociolinguists are also interested in the relative status of Singapore English compared to other languages in the country. This book charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced the variety as it is spoken today. It identifies novel grammatical features of the language, discusses their structure and function, and traces their origins to the local languages of Singapore. It places grammatical system and usage at the core of analysis, and shows that introspective and corpus data are complementary. This study will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on language contact, world varieties of English, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. |
| Subject | English language Singapore. English language Variation Singapore. English language Social aspects Singapore. Languages in contact Singapore. Language and culture Singapore. Singapore Languages. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | Singapore English is a focal point across the many subfields of linguistics, as its semantic, syntactic and phonetic/phonological qualities tell us a great deal about what happens when very different types of language come together. Sociolinguists are also interested in the relative status of Singapore English compared to other languages in the country. This book charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced the variety as it is spoken today. It identifies novel grammatical features of the language, discusses their structure and function, and traces their origins to the local languages of Singapore. It places grammatical system and usage at the core of analysis, and shows that introspective and corpus data are complementary. This study will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on language contact, world varieties of English, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015). |
| Contents | 1. Introduction -- 2. The ecology of Singapore English -- 3. Grammatical system and substratum transfer -- 4. Topic prominence, empty categories, and the bare conditional -- 5. Substratum, lexifier, and typological universals -- 6. Frequency, usage, and the circumscriptive role of the lexifier -- 7. Convergence-to-substratum -- 8. Epilogue. |
| Subject | English language Singapore. English language Variation Singapore. English language Social aspects Singapore. Languages in contact Singapore. Language and culture Singapore. Singapore Languages. |
| Multimedia |