Language maintenance and shift among the Semai in Malaysia: A study of indigenous language use - Couverture souple

Boucher-Yip, Esther

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3659302538 ISBN 13 : 9783659302534

Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This study investigates the reported language use of one bilingual Semai community, a linguistic minority in Peninsular Malaysia. The Semai is the largest indigenous group in the peninsular and the language, Semai, is generally an oral language. Semai bilingual speakers are faced with choices in language behavior that will determine whether or not the Semai language will be maintained. Given the fact that the future of the Semai language depends on its actual use, this study was undertaken to examine the reported language use patterns and the factors that contribute to maintenance or shift in one Semai community. The reported language use patterns in the sample population appear to suggest a trend towards maintenance.This study concludes by positing that demographic factors, the values and attitudes of the people and religious homogeneity found in the community play an important role in the maintenance of the Semai language.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The author teaches English, writing, and rhetoric at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA, where she is an Assistant Professor of English. She has graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leicester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3659302538
• ISBN 13: 9783659302534
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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