Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies
Given the historical and linguistic contexts of Singapore, it is both theoretically and practically significant to study Singapore Mandarin (SM), an important member of Global Chinese. This paper aims to present a relatively comprehensive linguistic picture of SM by overviewing current studies, part...
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| author | Lin, Jingxia Khoo, Yong Kang |
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| description | Given the historical and linguistic contexts of Singapore, it is both theoretically and practically significant to study Singapore Mandarin (SM), an important member of Global Chinese. This paper aims to present a relatively comprehensive linguistic picture of SM by overviewing current studies, particularly on the variations that distinguish SM from other Mandarin varieties, and to serve as a reference for future studies on SM. This paper notes that (a) current studies have often provided general descriptions of the variations, but less on individual variations that may lead to more theoretical discussions; (b) the studies on SM are primarily based on the comparison with Mainland China Mandarin; (c) language contact has been taken as the major contributor of the variation in SM, whereas other factors are often neglected; and (d) corpora with SM data are comparatively less developed and the evaluation of data has remained largely in descriptive statistics. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1369202020-03-07T12:07:50Z Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies Lin, Jingxia Khoo, Yong Kang School of Humanities Humanities::Language Global Chinese Singapore Mandarin Chinese Given the historical and linguistic contexts of Singapore, it is both theoretically and practically significant to study Singapore Mandarin (SM), an important member of Global Chinese. This paper aims to present a relatively comprehensive linguistic picture of SM by overviewing current studies, particularly on the variations that distinguish SM from other Mandarin varieties, and to serve as a reference for future studies on SM. This paper notes that (a) current studies have often provided general descriptions of the variations, but less on individual variations that may lead to more theoretical discussions; (b) the studies on SM are primarily based on the comparison with Mainland China Mandarin; (c) language contact has been taken as the major contributor of the variation in SM, whereas other factors are often neglected; and (d) corpora with SM data are comparatively less developed and the evaluation of data has remained largely in descriptive statistics. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2020-02-05T08:03:29Z 2020-02-05T08:03:29Z 2018 Journal Article Lin, J., & Khoo, Y. K. (2018). Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies. Chinese Language and Discourse, 9(2), 109-135. doi:10.1075/cld.18007.lin 1877-7031 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136920 10.1075/cld.18007.lin 2 9 en Chinese Language and Discourse Chinese Language and Discourse © 2018 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Chinese Language and Discourse and is made available with permission of John Benjamins Publishing Company. 25 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies |
| title_full | Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies |
| title_fullStr | Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies |
| title_short | Singapore Mandarin Chinese : its variations and studies |
| title_sort | singapore mandarin chinese its variations and studies |
| topic | Humanities::Language Global Chinese Singapore Mandarin Chinese |
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