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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ;
5. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419781906719 |
| Summary: | 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 affiliations. Drawing on two decades of field research, this timely analysis of language variation in Malaysia is an important contribution to the understanding not only of linguistic pluralism in the country, but also of the Indian Diaspora, and of the effects of language change on urban migrant populations. The research presented here will be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asian and South Asian Studies. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-201 and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048513383 |
