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The intonation of Singapore English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

David Deterding
David Deterding
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National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 469 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore1025deterdingd@nievax.nie.ac.sg
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The segmental characteristics of the English spoken in Singapore are quite widely described (e.g. Tongue 1979, Platt and Weber 1980, Brown 1988a, Brown 1991). However, the suprasegmental aspects, such as intonation, are less well documented, even though it is widely accepted that it is the suprasegmental aspects that contribute most to the distinctive character of “foreign” accents such as that of Singapore (Brown 1991: 4).

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , December 1994 , pp. 61 - 72
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1994

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