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Why you so Singlish one?: A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one

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dc.contributor.authorWong, Jock
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:41:26Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T22:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T10:01:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe particle one of Singapore English is widely used in Singapore culture, but it is little mentioned and its invariant meaning has not been described, so that not much is known about its meaning and the cultural norms it reflects. This article provides a detailed semantic analysis of this particle, articulates its meaning in the form of a reductive paraphrase using natural semantic metalanguage, and argues that its use reflects Singapore English speakers' tendency to speak definitively and exaggeratedly. The discussion of Singaporean speech norms reflected by this particle includes reference to relevant Anglo English speech norms for comparison and contrast. (Anglo English, cultural dialect, natural semantic metalanguage, particles, semantic primes, Singapore English.)
dc.identifier.issn0047-4045
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/78507
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceLanguage in Society
dc.titleWhy you so Singlish one?: A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage275
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage239
local.contributor.affiliationWong, Jock, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidWong, Jock, u3138157
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
local.identifier.absfor200299 - Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub7138
local.identifier.citationvolume34
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0047404505050104
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-18844420036
local.type.statusPublished Version

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