Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004314306
Series Statement:
Brill's Studies in language, cognition and culture 14
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004314290
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004314290
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe English in Malaysia Leiden : Brill, 2016 ISBN 9789004314290
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Malaysia
;
Englisch
;
Sprachpolitik
DOI:
10.1163/9789004314306
Author information:
Yamaguchi, Toshiko
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