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Main Author: Deterding, David ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press c2007
Series:Dialects of English
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-103) and index
COPYRIGHT; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Phonetics and Phonology; 3 Morphology and Syntax; 4 Discourse and Lexis; 5 History and Current Changes; 6 Annotated Bibliography; Index
Over the past few decades, Singapore English has been emerging as an independent variety of English with its own distinct style of pronunciation, grammar and word usage. This book provides an overview of this variety in straightforward, non-technical language, including coverage of: its pronunciation, including comparisons with the pronunciation of English in other countries in South-East Asia; its morphology and grammar; the words that are used, including instances where the meaning is distinct from other varieties of English; the discourse patterns that are found, including use of particles
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 135 p.)
ISBN:0748625445
0748630961
9780748625444
9780748630967

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