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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814477103321

Autore

Deterding David

Titolo

Singapore English / / David Deterding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7486-5153-5

1-280-95312-8

9786610953127

0-7486-3096-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 135 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Dialects of English

Disciplina

427.95957

Soggetti

English language - Singapore

English language - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 93-103) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Phonetics and phonology -- 3. Morphology and syntax -- 4. Discourse and lexis -- 5. History and current changes -- 6. Annotated bibliography -- 7. Texts : transcripts for the data of Hui Min.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of Singapore English in straightforward  non-technical language. All the findings presented in the book are illustrated with extensive examples from one hour of recorded conversational data.