Anglo English and Singapore English tags Their meanings and cultural significance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20484263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jock Wong (0000-0001-9496-8327, National University of Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-117 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pragmatics & Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-0907 • E-ISSN: 1569-9943 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/p&c.16.1.06won |
| OpenAlex | W2087752271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show that their semantic and pragmatic differences relate to differences in ways of thinking in the two cultures. For the purposes of this research, meaning is articulated in a paraphrase couched in natural semantic metalanguage (NSM), which comprises a set of empirically established semantic primes and a universal grammar
Grammar · Linguistics · Paraphrase · Semantic property · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |