Crosslinguistic Influence in Singapore English: Linguistic and Social Aspects

by Ming Chew Teo

Book Overview

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 regressions, this book represents a novel approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138614866
• ISBN13: 9781138614864
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages