The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao.
The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao.
The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/3190
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 214 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
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....
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"Singapore English is a focal point across the many subfields of linguistics, as its semantic, syntactic and phonetic/phonological qualities tell us a great deal about what happens when very different types of language come together. Sociolinguists are also interested in the relative status of Singapore English compared to other languages in the co...
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The making of vernacular Singapore English : system, transfer and filter / Zhiming Bao.
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Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Includes bibliographical refereces (pages 194-210) and index.
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G 2015/3190
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74VKRZBAmJKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRZBAmJKZ
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ISBN
1107022088 hardcover
9781107022089 hardcover
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427.95957
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991023016919702626
