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Language shift Amongst The Sindhis of Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Maya Khemlani David
Maya Khemlani David*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Languages and Linguistic, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
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Abstract

This research focuses on three generations of Sindhi settlers in Malaysia with a view to determining their dominant language. A range of methodologies and constructs were used to disclose information which a domain based questionnaire approach in itself was not able to capture. The phenomena of codemixing and codeswitching not only of two but also of three languages emerged. Language choices varied not only across generations but also across gender within a generation. The functions for which the ethnic language was maintained also varied across generations.

Type
Part II. Contemporary Perspectives
Information
South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Asia-Pacific Language Research , 1999 , pp. 61 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea and the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Territory University, Australia 1999

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