An Analysis of the Linguistic Characteristics of Singlish
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DOI

10.26689/jcer.v5i3.1938

Submitted : 2021-03-03
Accepted : 2021-03-18
Published : 2021-04-02

Abstract

Influenced by social contexts and multilingualism, Singlish has developed into its own linguistic features, especially in its pronunciation, lexicon, and syntax. This paper gives an overall analysis of linguistic feature of Singlish followed by examples, presenting how Singlish is different from Standard English.