“Aiyo! Why like that?” The case of gender and Singlish interjections in text messaging

• Main Author: Lai, Jamie Huiying
• Other Authors: Stefanie Stadler
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76688
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines whether gender affects the use of Singlish interjections. Little is known about the way Singlish interjections are used, as most studies on gender and interjections are focused on the Western context. In addition, no study in Singapore has been conducted to examine this word c...