A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloq...A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloquial Singapore English and Stan dard Singapore English are discussed, and a comparison of the use of Singapore and standard British English is made to show the differences in grammatical and lexical features of these two varieties of English.展开更多
文摘A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloquial Singapore English and Stan dard Singapore English are discussed, and a comparison of the use of Singapore and standard British English is made to show the differences in grammatical and lexical features of these two varieties of English.