ISBN:
0820463930
,
9780820463933
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 211 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics v. 60
Parallel Title:
Print version Pulse of a Malaysian University : Ethno- and Sociolinguistic Issues and the TESOL Dimension
DDC:
306.4409595
Keywords:
Universiti Putra Malaysia
;
English language Study and teaching (Higher)
;
Foreign speakers
;
English language Study and teaching (Higher)
;
Anthropological linguistics
;
Sociolinguistics
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""A General Introduction ""; ""Ethno- and Socio-Linguistic Issues: An Asian Perspective""; ""The Oration of the Minangkabau: An Ethnolinguistic Study ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Ethnography of Communication ""; ""The SPEAKING Acronym ""; ""Setting ""; ""Participants ""; ""Ends ""; ""Act Sequence ""; ""Key ""; ""Instrument ""; ""Norms ""; ""Genre ""; ""The Oration of the Minangkabau ""; ""Setting ""; ""Participants ""; ""Ends ""; ""Act Sequence ""; ""Key ""; ""Instrument ""; ""Norms ""; ""Genre ""; ""Conclusion ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Responding to the Terrorism Threat: Coverage of the US-Led Anti-Terror Campaign in Pro-Government and Islami-Based Opposition Newspapers in Malaysia""""Introduction ""; ""Patterns of Coverage ""; ""Research Question ""; ""Methodology ""; ""Result and Discussion ""; ""Table 1. Profile of the Samples ""; ""Table 2. Source of Stance on the US-Led Campaign Against Terrorism ""; ""Table 3. Type of Message in the US-Led War Against Terrorism Coverage""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes ""; ""Power and Politeness in Negotiation Discourse""; ""Introduction""; ""The Study""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Research Design and Framework for Analysis""""Table 1. Profile of Participants""; ""Discussion of Data""; ""Discussion""; ""Findings""; ""Implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Communicative Sensitivity of Bilingual Societies: Are Malaysia's Globalizing Tendencies Compatible with Her Multicultural Environment?""; ""Introduction""; ""The Malaysian Scenario:Bilingualism as a Tool for Progress""; ""Bilingualism as a Field of Enquiry: Early Tenets""; ""Recent Concerns""; ""Rationale for Bilinguality""; ""The Local Setting""; ""Some Misguided Views""; ""Conclusion""
Description / Table of Contents:
""'Foreign' Languages in the New Wor(l)d Order: Whither Linguistic Symbiosis?""""Introduction""; ""Language as Ethnic Identity""; ""Commodification of Language in the New Wor(l)d/Work Order""; ""Imagining Linguistic Diversity: A Preliminary Survey""; ""Foreign Language Preferences""; ""Table 1. Foreign Language Preferences by Mother Tongue (N = 51)""; ""Preferred Language Skills, Learning Purpose and Study Orientation""; ""Table 2. Preferred Foreign Language Skills: Frequency of Responses by Mother Tongue ( Multiple Responses) ( N = 51)""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Table 3. Perceived Foreign Language Study Purpose: Frequency of Responses by Mother Tongue ( N = 51)""""Perceptions of Self-Identity ""; ""Table 4. Importance of Aspects of Self-identity by Mother Tongue (N = 51)""; ""Table 5: Inter-Correlations Between Aspects of Social Identity""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Notes""; ""The Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages: Malaysian â?¢ s Second Language Dimension""; ""The Acquisition of Gender, Number and Case in English Personal Pronouns""; ""Introduction ""; ""Related Literature on the Acquisition of Personal Pronouns ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Linguistic Assumptions ""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-198) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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