Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English
Muslim-Majority Asian Languages Contribution to English presents a modest contribution to the field of sociolinguistics. Loan words in English have been identified as those which may be attributed to languages spoken by majority speakers who are Muslim. While many words in European languages have fo...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
IIUM Press
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/1/44663_Muslim-majority%20Asian%20languages.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848782642380537856 |
|---|---|
| author | Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen |
| author_facet | Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen |
| author_sort | Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen |
| building | IIUM Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Muslim-Majority Asian Languages Contribution to English presents a modest contribution to the field of sociolinguistics. Loan words in English have been identified as those which may be attributed to languages spoken by majority speakers who are Muslim. While many words in European languages have found their way into English, much research on vocabulary items from Muslim-Majority languages and how they are used in the borrowing language is presumably lacking. The present book hopes to fulfil the need and provide English language users with opportunities to show the vastly global nature of the global lingua franca. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T16:08:42Z |
| format | Book |
| id | iium-44663 |
| institution | International Islamic University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T16:08:42Z |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | IIUM Press |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | iium-446632017-08-18T00:18:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/ Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen PE English Muslim-Majority Asian Languages Contribution to English presents a modest contribution to the field of sociolinguistics. Loan words in English have been identified as those which may be attributed to languages spoken by majority speakers who are Muslim. While many words in European languages have found their way into English, much research on vocabulary items from Muslim-Majority languages and how they are used in the borrowing language is presumably lacking. The present book hopes to fulfil the need and provide English language users with opportunities to show the vastly global nature of the global lingua franca. IIUM Press 2015 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/1/44663_Muslim-majority%20Asian%20languages.pdf Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen (2015) Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 978-967-418-390-5 http://iiumpress.iium.edu.my/bookshop/muslim-majority-asian-languages-contribution-to-english |
| spellingShingle | PE English Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title | Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title_full | Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title_fullStr | Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title_short | Muslim-majority Asian languages: contribution to English |
| title_sort | muslim-majority asian languages: contribution to english |
| topic | PE English |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44663/1/44663_Muslim-majority%20Asian%20languages.pdf |