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dc.title | A Standard for Written Singapore English? | |
dc.contributor.author | Gupta, A.F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-08T08:21:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-08T08:21:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gupta, A.F. (1986). A Standard for Written Singapore English?. English World-Wide 7 (1) : 75-99. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 01728865 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/129357 | |
dc.description.abstract | Singapore Eng constitutes a number of varieties & is widely used as a lingua franca. The concept of a single standard Eng is problematic for the oral lang. In the written lang, however, a standard might be established based on criteria of local written prestige usage, usage not locally stigmatized, & usage not internationally stigmatized. Some general standards have been established over the years, largely through consensus of the users. Eighty-nine Singapore Eng texts were analyzed for nonstandard usages, with very low rates found in newspapers & government publications. The difficulties involved in creating & promulgating a formal local standard are examined, although de facto local standards already exist. B. Annesser Murray. | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | English World-Wide | |
dc.description.volume | 7 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.page | 75-99 | |
dc.description.coden | ENWOD | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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