Lexical Retention in Contact Grammaticalisation: Already In Southeast Asian Englishes

English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency

English Today / Volume 24 / Issue 02 / June 2008, pp 3 12 DOI: 10.1017/S026607840800014X, Published online: 05 November 2008 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S026607840800014X How to cite this article: Kingsley Bolton (2008). English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of prociency. English Today, 24, pp 3-12 doi:10.1017/S026607840800014X Request Permissions : C...

Studying L2 suprasegmental features in asian Englishes: a position paper

This position paper highlights the importance of suprasegmental training in secondary language (L2) acquisition. Suprasegmental features are manifested in terms of acoustic cues and convey important information about linguistic and information structures. Hence, L2 learners must harness appropriate suprasegmental productions for effective communication. However, this learning process is influen...

Southeast Asian Birds in Peril

Mitochondrial DNA diversity in Southeast Asian populations.

In a previous study of Southeast Asian genetic variation, we characterized mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from six populations through high-resolution restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Our analysis revealed that these Southeast Asian populations were genetically similar to each other, suggesting they had a common origin. However, other patterns of population associations al...

Southeast Asian tone in areal perspective