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Singapore English

Singapore English. Sociolinguistics: Varieties of English class 6. English in Singapore. 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles claimed Singapore for the East India Company Important trading point Little settlement 1965 independent Republic. Current linguistic situation.

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Singapore English

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  1. Singapore English Sociolinguistics: Varieties of English class 6

  2. English in Singapore • 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles claimed Singapore for the East India Company • Important trading point • Little settlement • 1965 independent Republic

  3. Current linguistic situation • English is medium of instruction at school • First language of half of the population • Nearly everyone is multilingual, speaking two or more languages • Other languages: Chinese (Cantonese, Hokkien), Malay • „Singlish“ = Singapore English

  4. Grammar • A: Mummy ah, you know this, this, this tape recorder right, I think they all being kena ketuk (Malay = cheat) already. Fifty-three dollars you know. Or fifty-six dollars, I also, I, I, I heard. Actually ah, you can easily get it for twenty over dollars lah. B: You let people ketuk or what? A: (laughter) No, not me! The school! They got all these tape recorder one.

  5. Pragmatic particles • ah (tentative) • The first one downstairs ah. • lah (assertive ) • Her price is too high for me lah. • what (contradictory)

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