Section C examples

Question 1

Singlish

Answer 1

• verbs aren’t marked in past tense - they use “already” (adv)
  -the plural isn’t marked
  -pragmatic particle “lah” -assertive “ah?” -uncertainty
  -repeat words for emphasis
  -Ellison of the verb “to be”

Question 2

Hinglish

Answer 2

-V/W merger
-TH stopping
- code-switching
-article omitted
-aux/pronoun omission

Question 3

French

Answer 3

• interrogate (Latin) question (french) ask (English)
  -doublets: fowl/chicken motherhood maternity

Question 4

slurs

Answer 4

n-word /bh/we = now commonly used by the people they opressed

Question 5

Aboriginal English

Answer 5

-substitution of /v/ /d/ /f/ for /th/
i.e Muver (mother) dem (them) mouf (mouth)
-regional variation :
i.e police man: montaj (WA) booli man (QLD) gunji
- plural marked lexically - “lotsa” = lots of/ big mob
-tense marked lexically - “bin”
-questions: dec + tag
-don’t use ‘to be’ for copular
- questions asked indirectly with rising int.