Shirley N Dita

Biographic Data

ID9337753
NAMEShirley N Dita
GIVEN NAMESShirley N
FAMILY NAMEDita
SIGNATUREDITA S N
AFFILIATIONSDe La Salle University
ORCID0000-0003-4422-3794
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Non-standard usages in four postcolonial Asian Englishes

    Open AccessP Collins, Jackie Lee et al.ARTICLEAsian Englishes2026

    This study introduces a novel, four-dimensional (4D) triangulation framework to investigate grammatical normativization and structural stabilization in four postcolonial Asian Englishes: Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. We cross-reference subjective evaluation data from a student questionnaire (see Paper 1) against digital vernacular data from the Global Web-based English (GloWbE) corpus, spoken/written archival data from the …

  • The acceptability of non-standard usages in four postcolonial Asian Englishes

    Open AccessP Collins, Jackie Lee et al.ARTICLEAsian Englishes2026

    While structural variation in postcolonial World Englishes is extensively documented, empirical studies exploring speaker attitudes toward non-standard grammar remain scarce. This paper investigates the linguistic acceptability of 21 salient morphosyntactic features across four Outer Circle East Asian communities: Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Drawing on a 5-point Likert scale elicitation questionnaire administered to unive…

  • Imagined communities and English in Timor-Leste

    Edward Jay Mansarate Quinto, Shirley N Dita et al.ARTICLEAsian Englishes2025

    Southeast Asia has been a hotbed of studies on the role of English in indexing functional and sociocultural identities using the lens of imagined communities. However, a similar study that could inform language planning and policy in the context of Timor-Leste’s young nationhood is yet to be done. This study locates the place of English in multilingual Timor-Leste as imagined by 11 young Timorese professionals (YTPs) in Dili, Timor-Leste. Semi-st…

  • Split infinitives across World Englishes

    Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, Shirley N DitaARTICLEAsian Englishes2017

    This article investigates split infinitives in 12 World Englishes using Kachru’s concentric circles framework. Beginning with a brief description of split infinitives, the article explores two significant aspects of splitting: the most common ‘breakers’, and split infinitive use across different genres and domains. Sourcing from the International Corpus of English, findings reveal that split infinitive use in Inner Circle and Outer Circle English…

  • Taking a look at expanded predicates in Philippine English across time

    Ariane Macalinga Borlongan, Shirley N DitaARTICLEAsian Englishes2015

    This paper reports on a corpus-based investigation of expanded predicates in Philippine English across a three-decade period. Looking at the Philippine parallel to the Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English, it was found that there is not much change on Philippine English expanded predicates with reference to time. Philippine English demonstrated an insignificant increase in its use of expanded predicates. The new Englis…

  • Access

    Shirley N DitaARTICLEAsian Englishes2009

    (2009). ACCESS: The 1st Philippine International English Language Conference and the 11th UK Education Fair. Asian Englishes: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 140-143