English Around The World Flashcards
What is Singlish?
A form english, spoken in Singapore. Influences by Chinese languages.
What are the 4 official languages of Singapore?
- English
2 Mandarin - Malay
- Tamil
What is Hong Kong English and examples?
Hong Kong was the last British Colony, succeeded to China.
HKE - Squally. Standard English - heavy rain
What are some facts about English as a Global language?
- English is spoken all over the world and is spreading.
2 It is useful for travel, countries that speak it are influential. - L1 countries (majority are native speakers of english) - USA, Australia.
English is the most important international ’Lingua Franca’. What does this mean?
International language used to speakers of multiple languages can communicate.
What is Braj Kachru’s Three Circles Model?
- Inner circle - L1 - English is the first language, ‘norm providers’.
- Outer circle - L2 - English is a second language such as Hong Kong, ‘norm developing’.
- Expanding circle - English is used to communicate for purposes of business, politics and education.
What is Canadian English and examples?
Pronunciation - largely similar to american pronunciation. For example, Mary - Merry, Logger - Lager.
What are some examples of Canadian English lexis?
‘Gas’ - means petrol here
‘Diaper’ - means nappy here
‘Cell phone’ - means mobile phone
‘Washroom’ - public toilet
‘lineup’ - queue
What is Canadian English Pragmatics - links with speech politeness?
‘eh’ being a common tag question.
What are some examples of the Indian Accent?
- ‘w’ in ‘water’ being pronounced ‘vater’.
- ‘Achaa’ being good
- ‘Bas’ being stop
Indian english used inversion. What is this?
Swapped subject and verb over.
What do Indian English use as a tag question?
They commonly use ‘no’.
