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Peer reviewedBao, Zhiming; Wee, Lionel – World Englishes, 1998
A study investigated the syntax and semantics of the word "until" in Standard British English and Singapore English. While the word is used similarly in the two languages, it has uses in Singapore English not available in Standard Spoken English, paralleling the word "dao" in Chinese and suggesting a substrate influence that is…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, English, English (Second Language)
