National language planning & language shifts in Malaysian minority communities speaking in many tongues
Malaysia has long been a melting pot of various cultures and ethnicities, including the three largest populations, the Malay, Chinese, and Indians. Despite this, efforts to implement multilingualism, advocated by language educators and policy makers, have been marred by political and religious affil...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419781906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction: Language Policies at Variance with Language Use in Multilingual Malaysia / Mukherjee, Dipika / David, Maya Khemlani
- 1. The Importance of Ethnic Identity when Language Shift Occurs: A Study of the Malaysian Iyers / Sankar, Lokasundari Vijaya
- 2. Ethnic Identity in the Tamil Community of Kuching / David, Maya Khemlani / Dealwis, Caesar / Alagappar, Ponmalar N.
- 3. Do Exogamous Marriages Result in Language Shift? Focus on the Sindhis of Kuching, Malaysia / David, Maya Khemlani / Dealwis, Caesar
- 4. Malaysian-Filipino Couples and Language Choice: Heritage Language or International Language? / Dumanig, Francisco Perlas / David, Maya Khemlani
- 5. I am not English but my First Language is English: English as a First Language among Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia / Pillai, Stefanie / Khan, Mahmud Hasan
- 6. Language and Identity. Children of Indian Bidayuh Mixed Marriages / Dealwis, Caesar / David, Maya Khemlani
- 7. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Shifts in Minority Communities. Focus on the Malayalee Community in Malaysia / Nambiar, Mohana
- 8. My Son has to maintain his Language because that is his Culture: The Persistence and Adaptation of the Bengali Community in Malaysia / Mukherjee, Dipika
- 9. Intercultural Communication in Sarawak: Language Use of the Chinese-Speaking Communities / Ting, Su-Hie
- 10. Malay Javanese Migrants in Malaysia: Contesting or Creating Identity? / Jan, Jariah Mohd
- 11. Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation / Kärchner-Ober, Renate / Mukherjee, Dipika / David, Maya Khemlani
- Contributors
- Bibliography
- Index
