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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 sp...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
Benjamins,
1983.
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| Collection: | Varieties of English around the world. Text series ;
v. 4. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138). |
| ISBN: | 9789027280213 9027280215 1283359413 9781283359412 9786613359414 6613359416 |
| ISSN: | 0175-7362 ; |