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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779980603321

Autore

Leimgruber Jakob R. E (Jakob Robert Eugen), <1980->

Titolo

Singapore English : structure, variation, and usage / / Jakob R.E. Leimgruber [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23680-0

1-107-35775-6

1-107-34915-X

1-107-55873-5

1-107-34188-4

1-107-34813-7

1-107-34563-4

1-139-22575-8

1-107-34438-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in English language

Disciplina

427/.95957

Soggetti

English language - Singapore

English language - Variation - Singapore

English language - Social aspects - Singapore

Language and culture - Singapore

Singapore Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Singapore and its Englishes -- Variation in Singapore English: old and new models -- Description: phonology and lexicon -- Description: grammar -- Indexicality: a model for Singapore? -- Conclusion: the variety as a structural unit.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the study of English and its global varieties has grown rapidly as a field of study. The English language in Singapore, famous for its vernacular known as 'Singlish', is of particular interest to linguists because it takes accent, dialect and lexical features from a wide range of languages including Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien and Tamil, as well as being influenced by the Englishes of Britain, Australia



and America. This book gives a comprehensive overview of English in Singapore by setting it within a historical context and drawing on recent developments in the field of indexicality, world Englishes and corpus research. Through application of the indexicality framework Jakob Leimgruber offers readers a new way of thinking about and analysing the unique syntactic, semantic and phonological structure of Singapore English. This book is ideal for researchers and advanced students interested in Singapore and its languages.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820636203321

Titolo

Multiple perspectives on the self in SLA / / Edited by Sarah Mercer and Marion Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Multilingual Matters, , 2014

ISBN

1-78309-137-1

1-78309-135-5

1-78309-136-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Second Language Acquisition

Second language acquisition ; ; 73

Altri autori (Persone)

MercerSarah

WilliamsMarion <1948->

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition - Research - Methodology

Language acquisition - Study and teaching

Language acquisition - Psychological aspects

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects

Psycholinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction to multiple perspectives on the self / Sarah Mercer and Marion Williams-- Chapter 2 Self-efficacy in SLA / Nicole Mills --   Chapter 3 The dynamics of second language confidence: Contact and interaction / Sinthujaa Sampasivam and Richard Clement -- Chapter 4 Self-esteem and self-concept in foreign language



learning / Fernando Rubio -- Chapter 5 Identity and poststructuralist theory in SLA / Bonny Norton --  Chapter 6 Dual identities perceived by bilinguals / Chantal Hemmi -- Chapter 7 Relational views of the self in SLA / Florentina Taylor -- Chapter 8 Imagined and possible selves: Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves / Stephen Ryan and Kay Irie -- Chapter 9 Motivational perspectives on the self in SLA: A developmental view / Ema Ushioda -- Chapter 10 Brain and self: A neurophilosophical account / Georg Northoff -- Chapter 11 The self from a complexity perspective / Sarah Mercer -- Chapter 12 Concluding reflections / Sarah Mercer and Marion Williams.

Sommario/riassunto

Instead of viewing different perspectives on the self as competing with each other and considering one perspective on the self as being inherently ‘better’ than another, this book takes the view that a fuller, more comprehensive picture of the self in SLA can be gained by examining and combining insights from different perspectives. This original collection of papers thus attempts to provide a thorough overview of the ways in which the self can be conceptualised in SLA contexts. The editors have brought together a diverse range of theoretical perspectives on the self to allow the reader to appreciate the insights that each approach contributes to overall understandings of the self in the domain of second language acquisition and foreign language learning.