National Language Planning & Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities: Speaking in Many Tongues - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 9089642714 ISBN 13: 9789089642714

Casa editrice: Amsterdam Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

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.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Maleisië is een smeltkroes van veel verschillende culturen en bevolkingsgroepen, waarvan Maleisiërs, Chinezen en Indiase immigranten de drie belangrijkste groepen vormen. Ondanks diverse pogingen van de overheid om meertaligheid te bevorderen, bestaan in Maleisië nog steeds controverses als het gaat om taal- en educatiebeleid. Bovendien beïnvloedt

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• Editore: Amsterdam Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9089642714
• ISBN 13: 9789089642714
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Redattore: Mukherjee Dipika, David Maya Khemlani