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Singapore Mandarin Chinese

Its variations and studies

 | Nanyang Technological University
 | Nanyang Technological University
Published online: 13 December 2018
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Abstract
Given the historical and linguistic contexts of Singapore, it is both theoretically and practically significant to study Singapore Mandarin (SM), an important member of Global Chinese. This paper aims to present a relatively comprehensive linguistic picture of SM by overviewing current studies, particularly on the variations that distinguish SM from other Mandarin varieties, and to serve as a reference for future studies on SM. This paper notes that (a) current studies have often provided general descriptions of the variations, but less on individual variations that may lead to more theoretical discussions; (b) the studies on SM are primarily based on comparisons with Mainland China Mandarin; (c) language contact has been taken as the major contributor of the variation in SM, whereas other factors are often neglected; and (d) corpora with SM data are comparatively less developed and the evaluation of data has remained largely in descriptive statistics.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Singapore Mandarin: History
  • 3.Singapore Mandarin: Its variations
    • 3.1Lexical variation
    • 3.2Grammatical variations
      • 3.2.1Grammatical categories
      • 3.2.2Grammatical process and structures
        • 3.2.2.1Reduplication
        • 3.2.2.2Aspect marking
        • 3.2.2.3Special constructions
          • V + directional complement
          • Comparative construction
          • Double object construction
          • Other constructions
        • 3.2.2.4Word order
    • 3.3Pragmatic and discourse variations
      • 3.3.1Code-switching and mixing
      • 3.3.2Sentence-final particles
      • 3.3.3Variations in conjunctive devices
  • 4.Possible gaps in current research
    • 4.1Factors leading to variation
    • 4.2Data sources and analysis
    • 4.3The varieties under comparison
  • 5.Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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