Language Shift and Code-mixing

A Case Study from Northern Borneo

Bibliographic Data

ID12059355
AuthorsPeter Martin (0000-0003-4638-0638), Peter W Martin (University of Leicester, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume25
Issue1
Pages109-125
Publication date2005-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0726-8602 • E-ISSN: 1469-2996
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07268600500113682
OpenAlexW2072666715
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Over the last half century or so, there has been a steady increase of peoples moving away from the interior of Borneo towards the coast, where new urban centres have been established. This paper looks at the consequences of the shift in the human ecology of Borneo, and how this has affected the linguistic ecology of the island. In particular, using the Belait community of Brunei Darussalam as an example, the paper explores the results of contact with other communities, most significantly with Malay-speaking people. The paper looks at language shift in the Belait-speaking community, focusing on the linguistic practices of two groups of this community that have relocated to different geographical areas: one group, over a period of 70 years, has relocated to the coastal town of Kuala Belait; the other has also moved nearer to the coast, but retains a semi-rural location. The paper focuses on the way use of the language is changing in these two groups, and how languages of wider communication, both Malay and English, are affecting the language ecology of Belait speakers. Specifically, the paper seeks to provide a case study of language shift and code-mixing in the Malay world

Art · Code (set theory · Code-mixing · Code-switching · Geography · Language shift · Linguistics · Malay · Period (music · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Ecology

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