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Nihalani, Paroo – IRAL, 1993
Arguing that the question of social acceptability of allophonic variations is not a linguistic issue, but rather an issue of social identity, the discussion considers the speech chain, language as a social activity with its "norms" for social acceptability, and the specific context where Singaporean English is a marker of social…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Foreign Countries, Phonemics, Phonology
