Making of Vernacular Singapore English - System, Transfer, and Filter

Table des matières

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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

Charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced the variety as it is spoken today. This study will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on language contact, world varieties of English, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Zhiming Bao, Zhiming (National University of Singapore) Bao, Bao Zhiming
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108731669
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73166-9
• Pages: 230
• Thème: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Singapore, South East Asia, Sociolinguistics, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics