National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities: Speaking in Many Tongues

book: National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2011

National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities

Speaking in Many Tongues

Edited by: Dipika Mukherjee and Maya Khemlani David

In the series IIAS Publications

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048513383

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About this book

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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
Foreword Open Access Download PDF	9
Introduction: Language Policies at Variance with Language Use in Multilingual Malaysia Dipika Mukherjee and Maya Khemlani David Open Access Download PDF	13
1. The Importance of Ethnic Identity when Language Shift Occurs: A Study of the Malaysian Iyers Lokasundari Vijaya Sankar Open Access Download PDF	23
2. Ethnic Identity in the Tamil Community of Kuching Maya Khemlani David, Caesar Dealwis and Ponmalar N. Alagappar Open Access Download PDF	43
3. Do Exogamous Marriages Result in Language Shift? Focus on the Sindhis of Kuching, Malaysia Maya Khemlani David and Caesar Dealwis Open Access Download PDF	59
4. Malaysian-Filipino Couples and Language Choice: Heritage Language or International Language? Francisco Perlas Dumanig and Maya Khemlani David Open Access Download PDF	71
5. I am not English but my First Language is English: English as a First Language among Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia Stefanie Pillai and Mahmud Hasan Khan Open Access Download PDF	87
6. Language and Identity. Children of Indian Bidayuh Mixed Marriages Caesar Dealwis and Maya Khemlani David Open Access Download PDF	101
7. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Shifts in Minority Communities. Focus on the Malayalee Community in Malaysia Mohana Nambiar Open Access Download PDF	115
8. My Son has to maintain his Language because that is his Culture: The Persistence and Adaptation of the Bengali Community in Malaysia Dipika Mukherjee Open Access Download PDF	127
9. Intercultural Communication in Sarawak: Language Use of the Chinese-Speaking Communities Su-Hie Ting Open Access Download PDF	151
10. Malay Javanese Migrants in Malaysia: Contesting or Creating Identity? Jariah Mohd Jan Open Access Download PDF	163
11. Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation Renate Kärchner-Ober, Dipika Mukherjee and Maya Khemlani David Open Access Download PDF	173
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	185
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	189
Index Open Access Download PDF	203

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 206

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Published: March 23, 2011
ISBN: 9789048513383