The formal features of the prebasilectal variety of South African Indian English spoken by descendants of Indian immigrants who came to work in Natal, South Africa, is examined. It is suggested that some, but not all, language features were derived from what is termed as Butler English in India. (15 references) (Author/CB)

Singapore is unique in that it has not only embraced English as one of its official languages, but has made the language of its colonizers the "de facto" working language of the nation and the sole medium of instruction in all its schools, while assigning its other three official languages, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil, an L2 status in the…

The large-scale ongoing migration of Anglophone Caribbean natives to North America, particularly to New York City, in the last two decades, has brought an influx of Caribbean English (CE)-speaking students into US and Canadian schools and colleges. This article discusses the extent to which such students, who publicly identify themselves as native…