The faces and facets of English in Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID20357983
AuthorsJoanne Rajadurai (0000-0003-2221-8126, Universiti Teknologi MARA, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume20
Issue4
Pages54-58
Publication date2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnglish Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0266078404004109
OpenAlexW2012185452
LanguageEN
Citations received10

A discussion of both the selection and significance of sub-varieties of English in Malaysia. Malaysia is a multi-racial country, with a diversity of languages that includes Bahasa Malaysia (the national language), English (introduced during the colonial period from the late-eighteenth to mid-twentieth centuries), and a number of Chinese dialects, Indian languages, and other minority languages. Despite this complex linguistic tapestry, English continues to command considerable respect and prestige, and demonstrates an impressive range of intra- and international uses. It is a vehicle of communication within and across diverse linguistic and cultural groups at many levels of interaction, but clusters mainly around particular domains of use. It is important to the educational endeavours of the people and the technological, economic, and political aspirations of the nation

Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Linguistic diversity · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Sociology · Varieties of English · Anthropology · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy

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