English in new cultural contexts
Subtitle: reflections from Singapore
By: J.A. Foley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Foley, Joseph.
Publisher: Singapore Institute of Management; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: English language -- Singapore.; English language -- Study and teaching -- Singapore.; English language -- Social aspects -- Singapore.; English language -- Variation -- Singapore.; English language -- Foreign words and phrases.; Language and culture -- Singapore.
Description: "English in New Cultural Contexts: Reflections from Singapore explores the spread of English as a world language and the different ways in which the language has developed and adapted in new sociocultural contexts. Using recent research findings based on language corpora and new theoretical developments, the book examines various aspects of the New Varieties of English. Specific reference to Singapore is made to illustrate the example of a country which seems to be moving from Kachru's (1985) Outer Circle' to the 'Inner Circle'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why new Englishes? / Thiru Kandiah; title: Theories of language genesis / Bao Zhiming; title: The emergence of new Englishes / Thiru Kandiah; title: The situation of English in Singapore / Anthea Fraser Gupta; title: The grammar of Singapore English / Lubna Alsagoff and Ho Chee Lick; title: The sounds of Singapore English / Bao Zhiming; title: The lexicon of Singapore English / Lionel Wee; title: English as the common language in multicultural Singapore / Ho Chee Lick and Lubna Alsagoff; title: The new Englishes / Joseph A. Foley; title: Language in the school / Joseph A. Foley; title: Singaporean literature in English / Ismail S. Talib; title: Language planning and management in Singapore / Wendy Bokhorst-Heng.