New Englishes : the case of Singapore
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1988
Information About
This is a collection of papers on Singapore English as a distinct variety of English being adopted for private and public use, in particular the school system. Some of the topics covered include the consideration of standardising the formal mode of written Singapore English, the use of English by pre-school children, and the problem of pronunciations. A bibliography of over 700 titles on Singapore English can be found at the end of the book.
Additional Details
- Title
- New Englishes : the case of Singapore
- Creators
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- Subject
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- English language--Singapore
- Popular culture--Singapore
- Publisher
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- Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore, 1988
- National Library Board Singapore, 1988
- Contributors
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- Foley, Joseph
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- looking back and looking forward / J. A. Foley -- A standard for written Singapore English? / Anthea Fraser Gupta -- The English language syllabus and the pre-school child / J. A. Foley -- A description of patterns of code-mixing and code-switching in a multilingual household / Tan Peck Tung -- Talking to children in a multilingual household / Julie Bradshaw and Hew Yee Lan -- The staccato effect in the pronunciation of English in Malaysia and Singapore / Adam Brown -- Vowel differences between received pronunciation and the English of Malaysia and Singapore: Which one really matters? / Adam Brown -- The acquisition of English questions by young Singaporean children / Godfrey Harrison and Lim Soo Lin -- The negative dual in Singapore English / Loh Siew Kwi and Godfrey Harrison -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography of English in Singapore/Malaysia.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.