ISBN:
9789004314306
,
900431430X
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Series Statement:
Brill's Studies in language, cognition and culture 14
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als English in Malaysia
DDC:
306.442/2109595
Keywords:
English language
;
English language History
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
English language
;
Language and languages
;
History
;
Malaysia Language
;
Malaysia
Abstract:
English in Malaysia: Current Use and Status offers an account of the English language used in present-day West and East Malaysia and its status anchored in different linguistic, social and educational domains. After an Introduction giving a bird's eye view of the status of English in Malaysia, the eight main chapters offer case studies revolving around four themes: i. linguistic features, with special focus on pronunciation and language contact; ii. language attitudes; iii. English in on-line discourse; and iv. English and language policies. The chapters cover original data and topics, seeking to draw an accurate portrait of Malaysian English, a non-native variety of postcolonial English that is currently developing its pronunciation, grammar, lexis and distinct identity
Abstract:
Preliminary Material --1 English in Malaysia: Background, Status and Use /Toshiko Yamaguchi and David Deterding --2 Malaysian English: Evidence of Contact with Classifier Languages /Siew Imm Tan --3 The New [t] in Malaysian English /Toshiko Yamaguchi and Magnús Pétursson --4 How do We Stress? Lexical Stress in Malaysian and British English /Rachel Siew Kuang Tan --5 Attitudes towards Malay, English and Chinese among Malaysian Students: A Matched Guise Test /Paolo Coluzzi --6 English for the Indigenous People of Sarawak: Focus on the Bidayuhs /Patricia Nora Riget and Xiaomei Wang --7 English and Other Languages in the Online Discourse of East Malaysians /James McLellan --8 Literacy Practices in English in Malaysian Educational Settings /Ambigapathy Pandian --9 Impact of the English Language on University Policy in Malaysia and Japan /Sachihiko Kondo --10 A Prognosis for the Future /David Deterding and Toshiko Yamaguchi --Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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