9.3 Lexical Features of Singaporean English外国文学名著导读.pdf

Chapter Nine 9.3 Lexical Features of Singaporean English Exercise (1) Please, have some makan. (2) I will send you to the airport. (3) That man is a crocodile. (4) He is a dadah addict. Word Formation Loanwords  ang moh: Caucasian  ang pow: red packet  Ay yaah: interjection ※Borrowings from Chinese. Loanwords  makan: food  kampong: traditional Malay village  adat: traditional law  amok: crazy ※Borrowings from Malay. ※Reflecting the Singaporean life and culture. makan （食物） (Source of the third picture:Img223938640.jpg) Loan Translations That man is a crocodile. crocodile: a womanizer, a man who has short and intimate relationships with many different women.  Key point: derived from a Malay use of the Malay word for crocodile. (source of the picture: ) Hybrids  to run amok: to become uncontrollable with panic and anger  dadah addict: drug addict ※Key point: reflecting the uniqueness and creativity of Singaporean English vocabulary. Innovations  send: accompany I will send you home.  take: to eat, drink or like Can you take spicy food?  offs: holidays We have our offs changed to Thursdays. Idioms  “Ah, shaddup lah. Everyday say you wan‘ to treat me go lunch. You all fart and no shit only.” all fart and no shit: used to describe someone whos full of empty promises. 有缘学习更多+谓ygd3076考证资料 14