The leh particle in Singapore colloquial English.

• Main Author: Tan, Bernard Li Hao.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50855
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The pragmatic particles in Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) are considered one of SCE’s most salient features, and have been the subject of much research and study. However, focus tended to be placed on the pragmatic particles as a group, rather than on individual particles. Although there is now...