Singapore and Malaysia

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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:
English language > Singapore > Texts.
English language > Malaysia > Texts.
English language > Singapore > Phonetic transcriptions.
English language > Malaysia > Phonetic transcriptions.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language
Engels.
Dialecten.
Malaysia
Singapore
Singapur
Englisch.
Texts
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Table of Contents:
  • SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; The Texts; A. Singapore English; I. SPOKEN ENGLISH; TEXT 1; a. Comments on English; b. Comments on English Tuition; Notes; TEXT 2; Interview about school; Notes; TEXT 3; Cantonese opera in Singapore; Notes; TEXT 4; Sago Lane; Notes; TEXT 5; Language use in the family; Notes; TEXT 6; About motor scooters; Notes; TEXT 7; About the type of discipline at school; Notes; TEXT 8; a. Commenting on his passengers and other taxi drivers; b. Relating how he was involved in an accident.

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