The culture of Singapore English /
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, social categories, particles and interjections, and links particular words to pa...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Studies in English language.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. English in Singapore
- 2. The language of culture and the culture of language
- 3. Singlish forms of address
- 4. Cultural categories and stereotypes
- 5. The discourse of 'can' in Singlish
- 6. Expressions of certainty and overstatements
- 7. The tonal particles of Singlish
- 8. The enigmatic particle lōr
- 9. Interjections: aiya and aiyo
- 10. Making sense of Singlish.