World Englishes Flashcards

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Katchru circles of English

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Inner circle - New zealand, Britain and the US L1
outer circle - India, Pakistan SIngapore L2
and expanding circle , Japan developing as a lingua franca

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Kachru’s importance

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The circles help challenge the us vs them conflict
labelling certain varieties of english as ‘deficient’
to object against certain views that British English is superior

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Kachru’s evaluation

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the circle still felt divisive and elitist however

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What is singlish

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It is a mix of Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and English it is quite efficient in the way it is spoken

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Jenkins Diasporas

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The two main diasporas are The British empire and North America

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Singapore government

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seeing knowing english as a major economic advantage
Has long insisted that everyone should speak good english used in work school other institutions

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why does the singlish government feels like it needs good english

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Because bad English will threaten the economic viability of singapore

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Linguistic features of Singlish

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Conditional clause without a subordinating
sounds that denote meaning ah am ma

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Why do people think it is important to use singlish

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It is an identity marker

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Why did the government initiate the speak good english camping

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A sitcom started a chacter that couldnt speak good english and it triggered the start of the sepak good english movement and that english should be spoken in all institutions

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Why did the movement fail

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Oxford singlish dictionary published

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Post creole continuum

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