Singapore and Malaysia / by John Platt, Heidi Weber, and Mian Lian Ho.

Over the years, the Englishes of Singapore and Malaysia have developed into varieties in their own right, ranging from the sub-varieties spoken by people with high levels of English-medium education and of higher socio-economic status. This text volume illustrates this from a range of examples of sp...

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Main Author: Platt, John Talbot
Other Authors: Weber, Heidi, Ho, Mian Lian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1983.
Series:Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. 4.
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Summary:Over the years, the Englishes of Singapore and Malaysia have developed into varieties in their own right, ranging from the sub-varieties spoken by people with high levels of English-medium education and of higher socio-economic status. This text volume illustrates this from a range of examples of spoken and written Singapore and Malaysian English as well as advertising pamphlets, newspaper advertisements and literary texts. The introduction to the volume sketches the historical and ethnic background, the increase in the functions of English in the colonial and earlier post-colonial period and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138).
ISBN:9789027280213
9027280215
1283359413
9781283359412
9786613359414
6613359416
ISSN:0175-7362 ;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized