A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.]
Indigenous community in Malaysia is divided into three main groups which are Proto Malay, Senoi and Negrito. Semai community is a sub-group of Senoi which is the biggest group in Malaysia. (Nicholas, 2000, p.4). As the largest indigenous community in Malaysia, Semai has mostly 42383 speakers, re...
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| author | Saad, Sharina Abdul Aziz, Nurazila Abdul Rahman, Azlan Mansor, Nur Syazwanie Bidin, Samsiah |
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| description | Indigenous community in Malaysia is divided into three main groups which
are Proto Malay, Senoi and Negrito. Semai community is a sub-group of
Senoi which is the biggest group in Malaysia. (Nicholas, 2000, p.4). As the
largest indigenous community in Malaysia, Semai has mostly 42383 speakers,
representing several distinct dialects. Semai language is not a written
language and most Semai speak the Aslian language, related to the Austro-
Asiatic and the Mon-Khmer language family of mainland Southeast Asia.
As it is not a written language, of late, there is a fear that the language may
face gradual erosion and finally extinction as not all Semai people speak
Semai language. The rapid growth of economic, education and urbanization,
have affected the Semai lifestyles and attitudes on the many aspects of
life including their native language. At school, the Semai younger generations
learn majority languages such as Bahasa Malaysia and English and
Semai language is not the main language learnt. Some of the Semai younger
generation, feel inferior to speak their mother-tongue. Furthermore, the
culture or life of a tribe is very much influenced by the language they use. |
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| spelling | uitm-310502020-06-10T09:19:47Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31050/ A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] voa Saad, Sharina Abdul Aziz, Nurazila Abdul Rahman, Azlan Mansor, Nur Syazwanie Bidin, Samsiah Philosophy, origin, etc. of language Comparative grammar Indigenous community in Malaysia is divided into three main groups which are Proto Malay, Senoi and Negrito. Semai community is a sub-group of Senoi which is the biggest group in Malaysia. (Nicholas, 2000, p.4). As the largest indigenous community in Malaysia, Semai has mostly 42383 speakers, representing several distinct dialects. Semai language is not a written language and most Semai speak the Aslian language, related to the Austro- Asiatic and the Mon-Khmer language family of mainland Southeast Asia. As it is not a written language, of late, there is a fear that the language may face gradual erosion and finally extinction as not all Semai people speak Semai language. The rapid growth of economic, education and urbanization, have affected the Semai lifestyles and attitudes on the many aspects of life including their native language. At school, the Semai younger generations learn majority languages such as Bahasa Malaysia and English and Semai language is not the main language learnt. Some of the Semai younger generation, feel inferior to speak their mother-tongue. Furthermore, the culture or life of a tribe is very much influenced by the language they use. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31050/1/AJ_SHARINA%20SAAD%20VOA%20K%2013.pdf Saad, Sharina and Abdul Aziz, Nurazila and Abdul Rahman, Azlan and Mansor, Nur Syazwanie and Bidin, Samsiah (2013) A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.]. (2013) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29.html>, 8 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy, origin, etc. of language Comparative grammar Saad, Sharina Abdul Aziz, Nurazila Abdul Rahman, Azlan Mansor, Nur Syazwanie Bidin, Samsiah A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title | A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title_full | A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title_fullStr | A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title_full_unstemmed | A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title_short | A corpus analysis on the semantics of Semai idiomatic expressions / Sharina Saad...[et al.] |
| title_sort | corpus analysis on the semantics of semai idiomatic expressions / sharina saad...[et al.] |
| topic | Philosophy, origin, etc. of language Comparative grammar |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31050/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31050/ |