Stress as a prestige marker in Singapore English

• Main Author: Soh, Ying Qi
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165183
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Past research has shown that suprasegmental features, such as intonation and stress, can be associated with social meanings and serve as prestige markers. In the context of Singapore English, studies on prestige have mainly focused on segmental features, highlighting the lack of attention given to t...