Table of Contents

The development of an indigenized English in a multilingual setting; research on Singaporean English; substratum or universals?; noun plural marking in Singaporean English; research on the verb; to be or not to be - variation in "be" occurrence; the acquisition of past tense; substratum or bioprogram; verbs of movement - come/go, bring/take, send, follow and fetch; the repetition of verbs in Singaporean English; quantitative investigations and second language aquisition.