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Gupta, Anthea Fraser. 1994. The step-tongue: children´s English in Singapore. (Multilingual Matters 101). Clevedon. xiv + 229 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

This book provides a detailed account of English in Singapore from the perspective of language acquisition, but grounded in a discussion of social and policy contexts. The five main chapters deal with: native English speakers in Singapore; acquiring Singapore Colloquial English; acquisition of interrogatives; languages in education in Singapore; speech and language therapy in Singapore.

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