To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English
This paper seeks to determine the correlation between the occurrences of postvocalic-r, intrusive-r and linking-r in Singapore English (SgE) and the users’ education levels and socioeconomic status. This paper will also investigate the attitudes that SgE speakers hold toward the use of postvocalic-r...
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| description | This paper seeks to determine the correlation between the occurrences of postvocalic-r, intrusive-r and linking-r in Singapore English (SgE) and the users’ education levels and socioeconomic status. This paper will also investigate the attitudes that SgE speakers hold toward the use of postvocalic-r and intrusive-r in the language. The results show that there is a direct correlation between the education level and socioeconomic status of the speaker and the production of postvocalic-r and intrusive-r in SgE. Speakers of higher education levels and socioeconomic status have a tendency to produce the postvocalic-r; speakers of low education levels and socioeconomic status have a tendency to produce the intrusive-r. The attitudes test also shows that users of postvocalic-r are viewed more positively as compared to users of intrusive-r. The results suggest that postvocalic-r and intrusive-r are not simply concrete, categorical phonological processes, but that their uses are motivated by social factors. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1052952019-12-06T21:48:52Z To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English Tan, Ying Ying School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics This paper seeks to determine the correlation between the occurrences of postvocalic-r, intrusive-r and linking-r in Singapore English (SgE) and the users’ education levels and socioeconomic status. This paper will also investigate the attitudes that SgE speakers hold toward the use of postvocalic-r and intrusive-r in the language. The results show that there is a direct correlation between the education level and socioeconomic status of the speaker and the production of postvocalic-r and intrusive-r in SgE. Speakers of higher education levels and socioeconomic status have a tendency to produce the postvocalic-r; speakers of low education levels and socioeconomic status have a tendency to produce the intrusive-r. The attitudes test also shows that users of postvocalic-r are viewed more positively as compared to users of intrusive-r. The results suggest that postvocalic-r and intrusive-r are not simply concrete, categorical phonological processes, but that their uses are motivated by social factors. 2013-10-30T03:38:37Z 2019-12-06T21:48:52Z 2013-10-30T03:38:37Z 2019-12-06T21:48:52Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Tan, Y. Y. (2012). To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English. International journal of the sociology of language, 2012(218), 1-24. 1613-3668 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105295 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2012-0057 en International journal of the sociology of language |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics Tan, Ying Ying To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title | To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title_full | To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title_fullStr | To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title_full_unstemmed | To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title_short | To r or not to r: social correlates of /ɹ/ in Singapore English |
| title_sort | to r or not to r social correlates of ɹ in singapore english |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105295 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2012-0057 |
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