Anthea Fraser Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 77016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthea Fraser Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthea Fraser |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Playing School in Mauritius
The development in Mauritius's three major languages is essentially sequential for most of the population: Creole, French, English. In schools, English is used alongside French (and some Creole) in Primary Standards 1 (ages five–six) to 3 (ages seven–eight). English is officially the sole medium of instruction from Primary Standard 4 (ages eight–nine), though this is not the case in practice. Two Mauritian cousins (aged six and eight years) in th…
Foxes, Hounds, and Horses
Writers of English can choose whether to mark a high level of sentience in a nonhuman animal by selecting the word who rather than which. An examination of texts relating to foxhunting on the world wide web showed that, in reference to the nonhuman animals involved in foxhunting, writers were most likely to use who in reference to foxes, and least likely to use it in reference to horses. Those who support foxhunting are more likely to recognize t…
Baths and becks
A report on two prominent dialectal variables in England. Using rather informally collected data, The author looks here at two well-known variables in the English of England: first, whether there is a short or long vowel in words such as grass and bath; second, what regional words people know for streams. The treatment of these variables is consistent over time, and seems to have little to do with social status or carefulness of speech
Realism and imagination in the teaching of English
In the imagination of many of those establishing language policies, especially educational ones, English can be ordered and controlled. Intentions about the type of English to be taught may be expressed, and curriculum requirements may specify the variety of English required of learners. However, the imagined learner, the imagined teacher, and the imagined setting of use are often at odds with the reality of the learner's exposure to English, and…
Bilingualism in the cosmopolis
Many citles are multilingual Islands that have either a relatively monolingual Hinterland, or one that consists of several relatively monolingual zones. Such a city can be seen as a cosmopolis. In some cases a cosmopolis may maintain its cosmopolitan nature over centuries. Within a cosmopolis, virtually all individuals habitually move between languages within their personal repertoires. In the cosmopolis, ethnic groups may occupy separate geograp…
Developmental assessments in speech-language therapy in Singapore
There are no standardized tests of language development that have been normed for the Singapore population. Given the extreme multilingualism of the population, and the fact that the local variety of English is significantly different from Standard English, this presents considerable problems in the assessment of paediatric cases. Speech-language therapists in Singapore develop a variety of strategies including the use of tests standardized elsew…
Language rights
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA considers the complex and thorny issue of the languages people may, could, must or should use
Moral English
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA considers changing attitudes in Asia, and particularly Singapore, regarding the virtues and vices of the English language
Correct pronunciation and the Millennium
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA reflects on accents, pronunciation, spelling reform, and linguistic moralizing from England in 1775 to present-day Singapore
When Mother-tongue Education is not Preferred
In some language situations primary education in the mother tongue may not be desirable. A number of factors may militate against education in the mother tongue: (1) difficulty in determining the mother tongue. This is especially a problem in multilingual settings where children grow up with multiple mother tongues; (2) definition of 'a language'. Mother tongues may be deemed to be the standard variety; and (3) social and ethnic divisiveness of m…
Honest and refreshing
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Language shift in a Singapore family
A major language shift in Singapore over the last twenty years has been from familial use of varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin towards the languages of education, English and Mandarin. This has been so rapid that grandchildren may have no language in common with their grandparents. An ethnographic study of a Singaporean Chinese family which has moved from Cantonese to English examines the attitudes and societal pressures which have led to …
The truth about Singapore English
A rebuttal of the article ‘Singlish’ by Duncan Forbes in a recent issue of ET
The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English
Ann M. Peters, The units of language acquisition (Cambridge monographs and texts in applied linguistics). Cambridge
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A Standard For Written Singapore English
English World-Wide
The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English
Language shift in a Singapore family
A major language shift in Singapore over the last twenty years has been from familial use of varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin towards the languages of education, English and Mandarin. This has been so rapid that grandchildren may have no language in common with their grandparents. An ethnographic study of a Singaporean Chinese family which has moved from Cantonese to English examines the attitudes and societal pressures which have led to …
When Mother-tongue Education is not Preferred
In some language situations primary education in the mother tongue may not be desirable. A number of factors may militate against education in the mother tongue: (1) difficulty in determining the mother tongue. This is especially a problem in multilingual settings where children grow up with multiple mother tongues; (2) definition of 'a language'. Mother tongues may be deemed to be the standard variety; and (3) social and ethnic divisiveness of m…
A Standard For Written Singapore English
English World-Wide
Foxes, Hounds, and Horses
Writers of English can choose whether to mark a high level of sentience in a nonhuman animal by selecting the word who rather than which. An examination of texts relating to foxhunting on the world wide web showed that, in reference to the nonhuman animals involved in foxhunting, writers were most likely to use who in reference to foxes, and least likely to use it in reference to horses. Those who support foxhunting are more likely to recognize t…
Realism and imagination in the teaching of English
In the imagination of many of those establishing language policies, especially educational ones, English can be ordered and controlled. Intentions about the type of English to be taught may be expressed, and curriculum requirements may specify the variety of English required of learners. However, the imagined learner, the imagined teacher, and the imagined setting of use are often at odds with the reality of the learner's exposure to English, and…
Ann M. Peters, The units of language acquisition (Cambridge monographs and texts in applied linguistics). Cambridge
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Standard For Written Singapore English
English World-Wide
The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English
The truth about Singapore English
A rebuttal of the article ‘Singlish’ by Duncan Forbes in a recent issue of ET
Language shift in a Singapore family
A major language shift in Singapore over the last twenty years has been from familial use of varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin towards the languages of education, English and Mandarin. This has been so rapid that grandchildren may have no language in common with their grandparents. An ethnographic study of a Singaporean Chinese family which has moved from Cantonese to English examines the attitudes and societal pressures which have led to …
Honest and refreshing
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Language rights
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA considers the complex and thorny issue of the languages people may, could, must or should use
Moral English
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA considers changing attitudes in Asia, and particularly Singapore, regarding the virtues and vices of the English language
Correct pronunciation and the Millennium
ANTHEA FRASER GUPTA reflects on accents, pronunciation, spelling reform, and linguistic moralizing from England in 1775 to present-day Singapore
When Mother-tongue Education is not Preferred
In some language situations primary education in the mother tongue may not be desirable. A number of factors may militate against education in the mother tongue: (1) difficulty in determining the mother tongue. This is especially a problem in multilingual settings where children grow up with multiple mother tongues; (2) definition of 'a language'. Mother tongues may be deemed to be the standard variety; and (3) social and ethnic divisiveness of m…
Developmental assessments in speech-language therapy in Singapore
There are no standardized tests of language development that have been normed for the Singapore population. Given the extreme multilingualism of the population, and the fact that the local variety of English is significantly different from Standard English, this presents considerable problems in the assessment of paediatric cases. Speech-language therapists in Singapore develop a variety of strategies including the use of tests standardized elsew…
Bilingualism in the cosmopolis
Many citles are multilingual Islands that have either a relatively monolingual Hinterland, or one that consists of several relatively monolingual zones. Such a city can be seen as a cosmopolis. In some cases a cosmopolis may maintain its cosmopolitan nature over centuries. Within a cosmopolis, virtually all individuals habitually move between languages within their personal repertoires. In the cosmopolis, ethnic groups may occupy separate geograp…
Realism and imagination in the teaching of English
In the imagination of many of those establishing language policies, especially educational ones, English can be ordered and controlled. Intentions about the type of English to be taught may be expressed, and curriculum requirements may specify the variety of English required of learners. However, the imagined learner, the imagined teacher, and the imagined setting of use are often at odds with the reality of the learner's exposure to English, and…
Baths and becks
A report on two prominent dialectal variables in England. Using rather informally collected data, The author looks here at two well-known variables in the English of England: first, whether there is a short or long vowel in words such as grass and bath; second, what regional words people know for streams. The treatment of these variables is consistent over time, and seems to have little to do with social status or carefulness of speech
Foxes, Hounds, and Horses
Writers of English can choose whether to mark a high level of sentience in a nonhuman animal by selecting the word who rather than which. An examination of texts relating to foxhunting on the world wide web showed that, in reference to the nonhuman animals involved in foxhunting, writers were most likely to use who in reference to foxes, and least likely to use it in reference to horses. Those who support foxhunting are more likely to recognize t…
Playing School in Mauritius
The development in Mauritius's three major languages is essentially sequential for most of the population: Creole, French, English. In schools, English is used alongside French (and some Creole) in Primary Standards 1 (ages five–six) to 3 (ages seven–eight). English is officially the sole medium of instruction from Primary Standard 4 (ages eight–nine), though this is not the case in practice. Two Mauritian cousins (aged six and eight years) in th…
Linguistics (14 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · History (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works)