Defying the global: the cultural connotations of "Islam" in Malaysia

The cultural connotations of the word "Islam" is analysed in this study using a corpus-based semantic prosody analysis of Malaysian newspaper reports in English and Malay. Approximately 1.6 million words of Malaysian newspaper reports published between year 2014 and 2015 were used to devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farah Nadhirah
Other Authors: Siti Zubaidah Mohd Hashim
Format: Journal
Published: Kemanusiaan : The Asian Journal of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016
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Online Access:http://www.myjurnal.my/public/article-view.php?id=109290