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Language-dialect code-switching: Kelantanese in a multilingual context

Language-dialect code-switching: Kelantanese in a multilingual context Malaysia being a multiracial and multicultural society, code-switching is an important characteristic of the overall dynamic picture of linguistic interaction amongst Malaysians. It is common for Malaysians to code-switch in a single situation, even within a sentence. However, most research in code-switching addresses only language language code-switching. This paper presents an analysis and description of language dialect code-switching (specifically Standard Malay/Kelantanese Malay code-switching) behaviour of Malay students, aged 20 25, who are at present following an undergraduate programme at the University of Malaya. The central concern of this paper is to determine the structural as well as the functional constraints of Malay/Kelantanese code-switching in a new ethnolinguistic environment (cf. Myers-Scotton 1993). The data used in this study comes from two sources: (1) recordings of spontaneous conversations collected over a period of 3 months, and (2) interviews conducted with the informants, the main purpose of which is to determine their reasons for codeswitching. An attempt will be made to relate the observations and conclusions drawn from the examination of data to the question of language maintenance of a dialect in a multilingual community. Introduction The present study focuses on the interpersonal aspect in interactions and looks at the code-switching http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication de Gruyter

Language-dialect code-switching: Kelantanese in a multilingual context

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
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0167-8507
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1613-3684
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10.1515/mult.2003.002
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Malaysia being a multiracial and multicultural society, code-switching is an important characteristic of the overall dynamic picture of linguistic interaction amongst Malaysians. It is common for Malaysians to code-switch in a single situation, even within a sentence. However, most research in code-switching addresses only language language code-switching. This paper presents an analysis and description of language dialect code-switching (specifically Standard Malay/Kelantanese Malay code-switching) behaviour of Malay students, aged 20 25, who are at present following an undergraduate programme at the University of Malaya. The central concern of this paper is to determine the structural as well as the functional constraints of Malay/Kelantanese code-switching in a new ethnolinguistic environment (cf. Myers-Scotton 1993). The data used in this study comes from two sources: (1) recordings of spontaneous conversations collected over a period of 3 months, and (2) interviews conducted with the informants, the main purpose of which is to determine their reasons for codeswitching. An attempt will be made to relate the observations and conclusions drawn from the examination of data to the question of language maintenance of a dialect in a multilingual community. Introduction The present study focuses on the interpersonal aspect in interactions and looks at the code-switching

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Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication – de Gruyter

Published: Apr 8, 2003

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