Title Children's English in Singapore : acquisition, properties, and use / Sarah Buschfeld

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) Series Routledge studies in world Englishes Routledge studies in world Englishes. Contents Singapore English : evolution, sociolinguistic background, and structural characteristics -- Acquiring English as a first language : setting the scene -- Investigating the qcquisition of L1 Singapore English : setting the methodological scene -- L1 Singapore English : acquisitional background, usage domains, and features -- The acquisition of subject pronouns -- The acquisition of past tense marking -- The acquisition of vowel sounds -- Discussion Summary "Combining the World Englishes framework with First Language Acquisition methodology, this book investigates children's acquisition of L1 English in the context of multilingual Singapore, one of the traditional Kachruvian Outer Circle or ESL countries. The book investigates language choice, use, and dominance in Singaporean families, identifies common linguistic characteristics of L1 Singapore English, as well as the acquisitional route that Singaporean children take. It discusses characteristics at the different levels of language organization, i.e. phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, and pragmatic features, drawing on a variety of systematically elicited data and Praat-based acoustic analyses. Comparing the results to similar data obtained from children living in England (both mono- and bi-/multilingual), the book also sheds light on how the acquisitional steps taken by Singaporean children differ from or are similar to traditional native speakers of English and children from immigrant families in England"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Sarah Buschfeld is Chair of English Linguistics (Multilingualism) at the Technical University of Dortmund Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2020) Subject English language -- Singapore -- Acquisition English language -- Dialects -- Singapore LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics English language -- Acquisition English language -- Dialects Singapore Form Electronic book LC no. 2019033560 ISBN 9781315201030 1315201038 9781351780797 1351780794 9781351780780 1351780786

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