Singapore and Malaysia /
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| Author / Creator: | Platt, John Talbot. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1983. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Varieties of English around the world. Text series, 0175-7362 ; v. 4 Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. 4. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11123595 |
| Summary: | Over the years, the Englishes of Singapore and Malaysia have developed into varieties in their own right, ranging from the sub-varieties spoken by people with high levels of English-medium education and of higher socio-economic status. This text volume illustrates this from a range of examples of spoken and written Singapore and Malaysian English as well as advertising pamphlets, newspaper advertisements and literary texts. The introduction to the volume sketches the historical and ethnic background, the increase in the functions of English in the colonial and earlier post-colonial period and the divergent language policies which have led to a decline in the status and functions of English in Malyasia but an ever increasing emphasis on it in Singapore. Each text is accompanied by a set of notes which explain grammatical and lexical characteristics and give information about the background of the text. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | 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. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138). |
| ISBN: | 9789027280213 9027280215 9027247129 9789027247124 |
| ISSN: | 0175-7362 ; |