The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay
The aim of this paper is to document the forces that led first to the decay and then the revival of the ancestral language of the Malay diaspora of Sri Lanka. We first sketch the background of the origins of the language in terms of intense contact and multilingual transfer; then analyze the forces...
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| author | Ansaldo, Umberto Lim, Lisa |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to document the forces that led first to the decay and then the revival of the ancestral language of the Malay diaspora of Sri Lanka. We first sketch the background of the origins of the language in terms of intense contact and multilingual transfer; then analyze the forces that led to a significant language shift and consequent loss, as well as the factors responsible for the recent survival of the language. In doing so we focus in particular on the ideologies of language upheld within the community, as well as on the role of external agents in the lifecycle of the community. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-852072021-09-08T01:13:27Z The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay Ansaldo, Umberto Lim, Lisa The aim of this paper is to document the forces that led first to the decay and then the revival of the ancestral language of the Malay diaspora of Sri Lanka. We first sketch the background of the origins of the language in terms of intense contact and multilingual transfer; then analyze the forces that led to a significant language shift and consequent loss, as well as the factors responsible for the recent survival of the language. In doing so we focus in particular on the ideologies of language upheld within the community, as well as on the role of external agents in the lifecycle of the community. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85207 en http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/24605 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Ansaldo, Umberto Lim, Lisa The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title | The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title_full | The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title_fullStr | The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title_full_unstemmed | The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title_short | The lifecycle of Sri Lanka Malay |
| title_sort | lifecycle of sri lanka malay |
| url | http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/24605 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85207 |