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1、Unit8SocialMeaningSocialmeaningisthatwhichapieceoflanguageconveysaboutthesocialcircumstancesofitsuse.Inpart,wedecodethesocialmeaningofatextthroughourrecognitionofdifferentdimensionsandlevelsofstylewithinthesamelanguage.connotativeaffectiveassociativemeaningreflectedsocialcollocativeWe
2、recognizesomewordsorpronunciationsasbeingdialectal,i.e.astellingussomethingofthegeographicalorsocialoriginofthespeaker.Otherfeaturesoflanguagetellussomethingofthesocialrelationshipbetweenthespeakerandhearer;wehaveascaleofstatususage,forexample,descendingfromformalandliteraryEnglishato
3、neendtocolloquial,familiar,andeventuallyslangEnglishattheother.Variationaccordingto:Dialect(thelanguageofgeographicalregionorofasocialclass)Time(thelanguageoftheeighteenthcentury,etc.)Province(languageoflaw,ofscience,ofadvertising,etc.)Status(polite,colloquial,slang,etc.)Singularity(t
4、hestyleofDickens,ofHemingway,etc.)VariationaccordingtoDialect:不同的词汇表示同种语义：BritishEnglishSingaporeEnglishMajorityGroundHitBoxHolidayOffSwitchoffCloseTurnonOpenChaffingdishSteamboatStampChopDecoratorContractorPorridge:SingaporeEnglish:Abowlofplainorsavouryricegruel,whichcanbecookedwiths
5、mallpiecesofmeatorfishBritishEnglish:athick,stickyfoodmadefromoatscookedinwaterormilk,ortowhichsugarisaddedMuttonchopSingaporeEnglish:Chopped-uplumpsofmeatwithnoboneBritishEnglish:Piecesofbonewithmeatattachedduck’seggSingaporeEnglish:zeromarkforanacademicworkBritishEnglish:theegglaidb
6、yducksButlerSingaporeEnglish:StewardsorstewardessesBritishEnglish:amalehousekeeperInterchangeSingaporeEnglish:busterminalsBritishEnglish:ajunctionwhereamotorwaymeetsamainroad,etc.仅在新加坡使用的词汇与表达法，但还未被上层语言所接受，例如：SingaporeEnglishMeaningssayangamixedfeelingofpity,love,regretforsth.precious
7、thatislosttambyofficeattendant;officeboykaypohgreedy;interferinginothers’affairskayustupid;dullkiasuafeelingoffearingfailureoninferioritytoothersSingaporeEnglishMeaningsAksyAffectedAng-mohred-hair;apersonofEuropeanancestryBolehtahantolerablygoodchapchyeamixtureofeverything新加坡英语的典型特征之一
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