1. PRESENTED BY
MISS KANOKWHAN SAMPHAN 550132002

2.  To find out the features and differences of
pronunciation and word use between Singlish
and Standard English.
 To find out the effects which are occurred
during the conversation
 To find out the solution of misunderstanding
from Singlish in conversation. Moreover, to
solve the disrupting in communication and
also understand its culture through their
language.

3.  The data was collected by opened
conversations of 5 Singaporeans and 5
foreigners (3Thais, 1 Indonesian, and 1
Australian), and other interesting
conversations
 The research study of “Emerging South-East
Asian Englishes and intelligibility” by DAVID
DETERDING and ANDY KIRKPATRICK

4. THE INTERVIEWEE

5. SINGAPORE
BRITISH
ENGLISH
ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF)
MALAY
HOKKIEN
CANTONESE

6.  GEOGRAPHICALLY
 ETHNICALLY
- CHINESE, MALAYS, INDIANS, EURASIANS,
AND OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
 THE DISTINCT ACCENTS

7. IPA CHART

8. 1) MONOPHTHONGS
SSB  12 monophthongs
which are 5 long vowels = /i:, a:, Ɔ:, u:, :/ᴈ
7 short vowels = /I, e, æ, , , ,Ə ƱɅ /ɒ
SEP  pronounce the same (neutralized)
ex. / i:/ and / I/ or / u:/ and / / or /e/ and /Ʊ æ/
EX. Fsing: Take a seat, please. You can sit
close to me if you want.

9.  SSB  /eI/, /aI/, /ƆI/, /Ə /, /Ʊ aƱ/, /I /, /Ə e /,Ə
/Ʊ /Ə
 SEP  SAME
/eI/,/Ə /Ʊ  [e:] and [o:]
Ex. Msing: I learn English in a natural way [we:]
Fsing: You visit here for your holiday [hɒlIde:]
 The result = does not cause much

10.  In unstressed SSB syllables, short vowels are most often
pronounced as a schwa
 In SEP, it lacks of reduced vowels
 The use of / /Ə
SSB SEP
ex. “affect” / fekt/Ə /æfekt/
“from” /fr m/Ə /fr m/ɒ
 Prepositions (to, of, for)
 Conjunctions (and, or, but)

11.  “staccato” or “jerky”
Ex. FSing: the communicative [k mju:nɒ IkeItiv]
officially [ fɒ Iʃ li]Ə
The result = clear enunciation
British English
baby-talk, TV commercial slogans, showing
irritation or sarcasm, rap chanting

12.  1) DENTAL FRICATIVES
It was shown that in syllable-initial
position, many Singaporean speakers use
[d] and [t] in place of /ϴ/
Ex. MSing: “think” [tiŋk] , “three” [tree]
“then” [den]

13. DETERDING
 Estuary English
 Ex. three [fri:] nights  free nights, free life
take (bus number) three three is heard as
“dig tree tree” !!!
cannot befound!!

14.  SEP, Singaporean speakers omit the final
Ex. “impact” has a consonant cluster with 2
consonants
/k/ and /t/  /pæk/
 Final consonant cluster can represent some
grammatical distinctions.
- between plural and single can be neutralized.
Ex. “shops”, “customers”, “cats”  loss of final “-s”
but not loss of information

15. Borrow/Lend = same
Bee See
 Original Meaning: Young ladies (Missy, English)
 Local Meaning: Nurses
Kiwi
 Original Meaning: New Zealand wingless bird
(English)
 Local Meaning: To polish

16.  - various accents and pronunciations due to each
ethnics  identity
 - The communication seems not have many
problems.
well-educated Singaporeans = GOOD
merchants and labors = QUITE GOOD
 - With lack of reduced vowels  easy to
understand > natives
 - Pronunciation is caused some misunderstanding;
however, contexts in conversation can help to
understand more.

17. - GIVING EDUCATION IS THE BEST !!!

18.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/k9g2whihr4cw68t/Deterdi
 http://videoweb.nie.edu.sg/phonetic/papers/sst-rhythm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_English