Examining the usage of xiao and its role as vague language in the textual conversations of Singapore millennials
This paper examines the use of the pragmatic particle xiao in the Singaporean context. Postulated to have originated from online Chinese discourse, xiao is used to alter the impact of utterances through the increment of vagueness in the propositions, adding ambiguity and signalling non-prototypical...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73154 |