Dynamics of a Contact Continuum: Singaporean English

by Mian Lian Ho, John T. Platt, Ho Mian-Lian, et al.

Singaporean English is an indigenized variety of the language which has developed chiefly through English-medium education. The authors of this book investigate the various factors influencing the indigenization of the language and its use in the family and the wider community. They present the results of quantitative research based on recordings of spontaneous speech of ethnically Chinese Singaporeans who have received an English-medium education...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198248288
• ISBN13: 9780198248286
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 120.00 lbs.