World Englishes Flashcards
Katchru circles of English
Inner circle - New zealand, Britain and the US L1
outer circle - India, Pakistan SIngapore L2
and expanding circle , Japan developing as a lingua franca
Kachru’s importance
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
Kachru’s evaluation
the circle still felt divisive and elitist however
What is singlish
It is a mix of Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and English it is quite efficient in the way it is spoken
Jenkins Diasporas
The two main diasporas are The British empire and North America
Singapore government
seeing knowing english as a major economic advantage
Has long insisted that everyone should speak good english used in work school other institutions
why does the singlish government feels like it needs good english
Because bad English will threaten the economic viability of singapore
Linguistic features of Singlish
Conditional clause without a subordinating
sounds that denote meaning ah am ma
Why do people think it is important to use singlish
It is an identity marker
Why did the government initiate the speak good english camping
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
Why did the movement fail
Oxford singlish dictionary published
Post creole continuum
