Zhiming Bao

The Making of Vernacular Singapore English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced its variety.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781107022089
• ISBN-10: 1107022088
• Artikelnr.: 42460320

Autorenporträt

Zhiming Bao is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The ecology of Singapore English
3. Grammatical system and substratum transfer
4. Topic prominence, empty categories and the bare conditional
5. Substratum, lexifier and typological universals
6. Frequency, usage and the circumscriptive role of the lexifier
7. Convergence-to-substratum
8. Epilogue.