National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities: Speaking in Many Tongues (International Institute for Asian Studies Publications, Edited Volumes) - Softcover

9789089642714: National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities: Speaking in Many Tongues (International Institute for Asian Studies Publications, Edited Volumes)

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ISBN 10: 9089642714 ISBN 13: 9789089642714

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2011

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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Dipika Mukherjee is professor of linguistics at the Shanghai International Studies University. Maya Khemlani David is professor of linguistics at the University of Malaya in Malaysia.

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PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Publication date2011
ISBN 10 9089642714
ISBN 13 9789089642714
BindingPaperback
Number of pages206
EditorMukherjee Dipika, David Maya Khemlani

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National language planning & language shifts in Malaysian minority communities : speaking in many tongues

Dipika Mukherjee, Maya Khemlani David

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Summary:Controversies and problems with regard to language policy and language education still exist in Malaysia. Despite the attempts of language policy makers to promote multilingualism, the implementation has been marred by political and religious affiliations. Malaysia is a melting pot of many different cultures and ethnicities, the three largest being Malay, Chinese and Indian. Therefore, an analysis of the language variation in this polyglot nation will help in understanding the variety of languages and those who speak them. This book gathers the work of researchers working in the field of language change in Malaysia for over two decades. As there is no book published internationally on the language policy in Malaysia and the effects on the language change in urban migrant populations, this book is a timely contribution not only to an understanding of Malaysian linguistic pluralism and its undercurrents, but also to an understanding of the Indian Diaspora. Seller Inventory # bm151

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