Singapore is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society with four different major languages (Chinese,English,Malay and Tamil). Each language or dialect exerts its influence on the way English is spoken. It is too diff...Singapore is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society with four different major languages (Chinese,English,Malay and Tamil). Each language or dialect exerts its influence on the way English is spoken. It is too difficult to maintain the purity of English. English spoken in Singapore would branch into various types of Englishes and produce less universal forms,and people would inevitably encounter a lack of communication in English,which has been becoming more and more international.Different groups of English users and their reaction to various forms of Englishes determine the range of Englishes and produce a norm preventing varieties of English which are incomprehensible to others.展开更多
文摘Singapore is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society with four different major languages (Chinese,English,Malay and Tamil). Each language or dialect exerts its influence on the way English is spoken. It is too difficult to maintain the purity of English. English spoken in Singapore would branch into various types of Englishes and produce less universal forms,and people would inevitably encounter a lack of communication in English,which has been becoming more and more international.Different groups of English users and their reaction to various forms of Englishes determine the range of Englishes and produce a norm preventing varieties of English which are incomprehensible to others.
