Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus
Word borrowing is a result of cultural contact between two language communities. With the advent of science and technology, it is inevitable that the Malay language have to borrow words from the English lexicon. The reverse, though, not so aggressively takes place. Most Malay Loanwords in English ar...
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| description | Word borrowing is a result of cultural contact between two language communities. With the advent of science and technology, it is inevitable that the Malay language have to borrow words from the English lexicon. The reverse, though, not so aggressively takes place. Most Malay Loanwords in English are socially motivated borrowing
or in other words, cultural words pertaining to day-to-day life of the people concerned. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the survived words (both with similar meanings and those that change), disappeared words and to suggest avenues to popularise Malay loanwords in English. |
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| spelling | uitm-148712016-10-05T07:32:49Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/ Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus esteem Versay Kudus, Nazima Study and teaching Malay language. General works. History Word borrowing is a result of cultural contact between two language communities. With the advent of science and technology, it is inevitable that the Malay language have to borrow words from the English lexicon. The reverse, though, not so aggressively takes place. Most Malay Loanwords in English are socially motivated borrowing or in other words, cultural words pertaining to day-to-day life of the people concerned. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the survived words (both with similar meanings and those that change), disappeared words and to suggest avenues to popularise Malay loanwords in English. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/1/AJ_NAZIMA%20VERSAY%20KUDUS%20ESTEEM%2007.pdf Versay Kudus, Nazima (2007) Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus. (2007) ESTEEM Academic Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Academic_Journal.html>, 3. pp. 197-205. ISSN 1675-7939 https://uppp.uitm.edu.my |
| spellingShingle | Study and teaching Malay language. General works. History Versay Kudus, Nazima Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title | Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title_full | Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title_fullStr | Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title_short | Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus |
| title_sort | malay loanwords in english: reasons for its survival,
disappearance and revival / nazima versay kudus |
| topic | Study and teaching Malay language. General works. History |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/ |