Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon
The majority of the published studies on multilingualism concentrate on education, while only a few published papers describe this concept outside the education environment. The current descriptive study uses Makkah City as an example to describe two multilingual phenomena: Umrah and Hajj as example...
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| description | The majority of the published studies on multilingualism concentrate on education, while only a few published papers describe this concept outside the education environment. The current descriptive study uses Makkah City as an example to describe two multilingual phenomena: Umrah and Hajj as examples of permanent and temporary multilingualism phenomena, respectively. This study uses government and published statistics to illustrate each multilingual phenomenon. First, this research describes temporary multilingual phenomenon and uses Hajj to illustrate it. Second, the current study describes permanent multilingualism phenomenon by using Umrah as an example. Third, this study discusses the issues related to the diversity of native speakers in one location. Lastly, research agendas are suggested. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:126172019-03-06T21:35:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12617/ Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon Alhamami, Munassir The majority of the published studies on multilingualism concentrate on education, while only a few published papers describe this concept outside the education environment. The current descriptive study uses Makkah City as an example to describe two multilingual phenomena: Umrah and Hajj as examples of permanent and temporary multilingualism phenomena, respectively. This study uses government and published statistics to illustrate each multilingual phenomenon. First, this research describes temporary multilingual phenomenon and uses Hajj to illustrate it. Second, the current study describes permanent multilingualism phenomenon by using Umrah as an example. Third, this study discusses the issues related to the diversity of native speakers in one location. Lastly, research agendas are suggested. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12617/1/IJIT-Vol-14-Dec-2018_6_60-71.pdf Alhamami, Munassir (2018) Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 14 . pp. 60-71. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-14-dec-2018/ |
| spellingShingle | Alhamami, Munassir Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title | Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title_full | Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title_fullStr | Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title_short | Makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| title_sort | makkah is the ultimate multilingual phenomenon |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12617/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12617/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12617/1/IJIT-Vol-14-Dec-2018_6_60-71.pdf |