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Author Platt, John Talbot.

Title Singapore and Malaysia / by John Platt, Heidi Weber, and Mian Lian Ho
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations
Series Varieties of English around the world. Text series, 0175-7362 ; v. 4
Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. 4.
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
Summary 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 spoken and written Singapore and Malaysian English as well as advertising pamphlets, newspaper advertisements and literary texts. The introduction to the volume sketches the historical and ethnic background, the increase in the functions of English in the colonial and earlier post-colonial period and
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138)
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Subject English language -- Singapore -- Texts
English language -- Malaysia -- Texts
English language -- Singapore -- Phonetic transcriptions
English language -- Malaysia -- Phonetic transcriptions
English language -- Singapore -- Texts
English language -- Malaysia -- Texts
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language
Engels.
Dialecten.
Malaysia
Singapore
Singapur
Malaysia
Englisch.
Genre/Form Texts
Form Electronic book
Author Weber, Heidi.
Ho, Mian Lian.
LC no. 84126280
ISBN 9789027280213
9027280215
1283359413
9781283359412
9786613359414
6613359416