Malaysian English: Language Contact and Change
Author:   Siew Imm Tan
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   98
ISBN:  

9783631637005


Pages:   241
Publication Date:   27 June 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Siew Imm Tan
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   98
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9783631637005


ISBN 10:   3631637004
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   27 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Malaysian English – Historical Background – Malaysian English Newspaper Corpus – Lexical Borrowing – Lexical Creation – Group Second Language Acquisition – Reclassification of Common Nouns – Multi-word Verbs – Lexical Variation – Theoretical Model of Contact-induced Change – Influences of Malay and Chinese.

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Overall, the study is an important addition to Malaysian English studies, and exemplifies how contact-induced changes can be accounted for in postcolonial Englishes. The book will be of interest to scholars of varieties of English, particularly those focusing on Southeast Asia. More generally, the book is of relevance to contact linguistics as well as scholars working at the intersection of language and culture. (Steffen Schaub, The Linguist List, 18 November 2014)


Author Information

Siew Imm Tan is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include language contact, New Englishes, corpus-based lexicography, and 19th-century Singapore and Malayan English.

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