Singapore English: Structure, Variation, and Usage (Studies in English Language)

Leimgruber, Jakob R. E.

ISBN 10: 1107027306 / ISBN 13: 9781107027305

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Singapore English: Structure, Variation, and Usage (Studies in English Language)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107027306
• ISBN 13: 9781107027305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In recent years the study of English and its global varieties has grown rapidly as a field of study. The English language in Singapore, famous for its vernacular known as 'Singlish', is of particular interest to linguists because it takes accent, dialect and lexical features from a wide range of languages including Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien and Tamil, as well as being influenced by the Englishes of Britain, Australia and America. This book gives a comprehensive overview of English in Singapore by setting it within a historical context and drawing on recent developments in the field of indexicality, world Englishes and corpus research. Through application of the indexicality framework Jakob Leimgruber offers readers a new way of thinking about and analysing the unique syntactic, semantic and phonological structure of Singapore English. This book is ideal for researchers and advanced students interested in Singapore and its languages.

About the Author

Jakob R. E. Leimgruber is a postdoctoral researcher in the English Department at the University of Freiburg.