The Culture of Singapore English

by Jock O. Wong

Book Overview

This book provides a fresh approach to Singapore English, by focusing on its cultural connotations. The author, a native Singaporean, explores a range of aspects of this rich variety of English - including address forms, cultural categories, particles and interjections - and links particular words to particular cultural norms. By using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach, which is free from technical terminology, he explains the relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107033241
• ISBN13: 9781107033245
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"