Jock O. Wong

The Culture of Singapore English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 particular cultural norms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781108790437
• ISBN-10: 1108790437
• Artikelnr.: 58380766

Autorenporträt

Jock O. Wong is a Lecturer in Academic English at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Inhaltsangabe

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 l¿r
9. Interjections: aiya and aiyo
10. Making sense of Singlish.