新加坡英语：语言迁移与华文元素

Singlish: Linguistic Transfer and Chinese Elements

摘要: 作为众多英语变体中的一种，新加坡英语与英、美等所谓标准英语明显不同，主要原因在于受普通话、广东话、闽南话、海南话、客家话以及马来语、泰米尔语的影响。本文从新加坡英语中的语音、词汇、语法等方面探究具有华语和中华文化元素的新加坡英语及其语言迁移的深层机理。

Abstract: As one of English varieties, Singlish differs from British or American English as it is heavily in- fluenced by Chinese in particular, Malay, and Tamil in general. There are varied factors of linguistic transfer in terms of phonology, vocabulary, sentence pattern, and grammar. This paper attempts to delve into the transfer of Chinese elements in the formation and development of Singlish.