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In Singapore, where three main ethnic groups exist, English serves as an inter-ethnic lingua fran... more In Singapore, where three main ethnic groups exist, English serves as an inter-ethnic lingua franca to communicate with the other ethnic groups because the first languages of most Singaporeans are Mandarin, Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese, Malay, and Tamil. Singapore English can be classified into two: Singapore Standard English (SSE) and Singlish. This paper examined the roles of the two varieties of English from a sociolinguistic point of view, based on a questionnaire survey conducted by the author and recent surveys on the use of Singlish and the Speak Good English Movement. It follows from the findings on language use and language attitudes that SSE and Singlish are used for two different functions.
In Singapore, where three main ethnic groups exist, English serves as an inter-ethnic lingua fran... more In Singapore, where three main ethnic groups exist, English serves as an inter-ethnic lingua franca to communicate with the other ethnic groups because the first languages of most Singaporeans are Mandarin, Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese, Malay, and Tamil. Singapore English can be classified into two: Singapore Standard English (SSE) and Singlish. This paper examined the roles of the two varieties of English from a sociolinguistic point of view, based on a questionnaire survey conducted by the author and recent surveys on the use of Singlish and the Speak Good English Movement. It follows from the findings on language use and language attitudes that SSE and Singlish are used for two different functions.