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

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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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Otros Autores: Alagappar, Ponmalar N. (Contribuidor), David, Maya Khemlani (Contribuidor, Editor ), Dealwis, Caesar (Contribuidor), Dumanig, Francisco Perlas (Contribuidor), Jan, Jariah Mohd (Contribuidor), Khan, Mahmud Hasan (Contribuidor), Kärchner-Ober, Renate (Contribuidor), Mukherjee, Dipika (Contribuidor, Editor ), Nambiar, Mohana (Contribuidor), Pillai, Stefanie (Contribuidor), Sankar, Lokasundari Vijaya (Contribuidor), Ting, Su-Hie (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2011]
Colección:IIAS Publications
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Language Policies at Variance with Language Use in Multilingual Malaysia
  • 1. The Importance of Ethnic Identity when Language Shift Occurs: A Study of the Malaysian Iyers
  • 2. Ethnic Identity in the Tamil Community of Kuching
  • 3. Do Exogamous Marriages Result in Language Shift? Focus on the Sindhis of Kuching, Malaysia
  • 4. Malaysian-Filipino Couples and Language Choice: Heritage Language or International Language?
  • 5. I am not English but my First Language is English: English as a First Language among Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia
  • 6. Language and Identity. Children of Indian Bidayuh Mixed Marriages
  • 7. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Shifts in Minority Communities. Focus on the Malayalee Community in Malaysia
  • 8. My Son has to maintain his Language because that is his Culture: The Persistence and Adaptation of the Bengali Community in Malaysia
  • 9. Intercultural Communication in Sarawak: Language Use of the Chinese-Speaking Communities
  • 10. Malay Javanese Migrants in Malaysia: Contesting or Creating Identity?
  • 11. Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation
  • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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