English in Malaysia : : current use and status / / edited by Toshiko Yamaguchi, David Deterding.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, Volume 14
• TeilnehmendeR: Yamaguchi, Toshiko,; Deterding, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

English in Malaysia: Current Use and Status offers an account of the English language used in present-day West and East Malaysia and its status anchored in different linguistic, social and educational domains. After an Introduction giving a bird’s eye view of the status of English in Malaysia, the eight main chapters offer case studies revolving around four themes: i. linguistic features, with special focus on pronunciation and language contact; ii. language attitudes; iii. English in on-line discourse; and iv. English and language policies. The chapters cover original data and topics, seeking to draw an accurate portrait of Malaysian English, a non-native variety of postcolonial English that is currently developing its pronunciation, grammar, lexis and distinct identity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 English in Malaysia: Background, Status and Use / Toshiko Yamaguchi and David Deterding -- 2 Malaysian English: Evidence of Contact with Classifier Languages / Siew Imm Tan -- 3 The New [t] in Malaysian English / Toshiko Yamaguchi and Magnús Pétursson -- 4 How do We Stress? Lexical Stress in Malaysian and British English / Rachel Siew Kuang Tan -- 5 Attitudes towards Malay, English and Chinese among Malaysian Students: A Matched Guise Test / Paolo Coluzzi -- 6 English for the Indigenous People of Sarawak: Focus on the Bidayuhs / Patricia Nora Riget and Xiaomei Wang -- 7 English and Other Languages in the Online Discourse of East Malaysians / James McLellan -- 8 Literacy Practices in English in Malaysian Educational Settings / Ambigapathy Pandian -- 9 Impact of the English Language on University Policy in Malaysia and Japan / Sachihiko Kondo -- 10 A Prognosis for the Future / David Deterding and Toshiko Yamaguchi -- Index.