Really cannot understand meh? : Is Singlish internationally unintelligible?

• Main Author: Ng, Jing Hui
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155794
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singlish has been labelled “unintelligible” by laypeople and researchers alike. This investigation sought to test the validity of the statement and found that it is only true in some cases. Not all foreigners have trouble understanding Singlish: resident foreigners and Malaysians had an easier time...