Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue
The study seeks to investigate language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their own language, which is the Kadazandusun language. It also sought to examine respondents’ language proficiency in Kadazandusun, language used in interaction across generations in the 50 selected families and the...
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| description | The study seeks to investigate language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward
their own language, which is the Kadazandusun language. It also sought to examine
respondents’ language proficiency in Kadazandusun, language used in interaction
across generations in the 50 selected families and the language used in different
domains. The study was undertaken in one Kadazandusun dominant community in
Keningau, Sabah. Data were gathered through questionnaire. Participants were made
up of 90 Kadazandusun, aged 14 years to 65 from the 50 selected families in this
community. All data were calculated based on age variable wherever necessary. The
study found that, majority of the respondents, possessed positive attitudes toward the
Kadazandusun language regardless of age. The language proficiency has decreased
among younger generation. Data on language use in the families demonstrated the
differences in language used between older and younger generation, with
Kadazandusun was preferable among older generation and Malay language was
favored by the younger generation. Findings in domains analysis show that
Kadazandusun language was used more in three domains namely workplace,
neighborhood and friendship domains. Malay language on the other hand was used
more in four domains, which were in religion, education, transaction, and family
domains. |
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| spelling | unimas-67572023-12-21T06:22:59Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6757/ Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue Lydia, Tumin. P Philology. Linguistics The study seeks to investigate language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their own language, which is the Kadazandusun language. It also sought to examine respondents’ language proficiency in Kadazandusun, language used in interaction across generations in the 50 selected families and the language used in different domains. The study was undertaken in one Kadazandusun dominant community in Keningau, Sabah. Data were gathered through questionnaire. Participants were made up of 90 Kadazandusun, aged 14 years to 65 from the 50 selected families in this community. All data were calculated based on age variable wherever necessary. The study found that, majority of the respondents, possessed positive attitudes toward the Kadazandusun language regardless of age. The language proficiency has decreased among younger generation. Data on language use in the families demonstrated the differences in language used between older and younger generation, with Kadazandusun was preferable among older generation and Malay language was favored by the younger generation. Findings in domains analysis show that Kadazandusun language was used more in three domains namely workplace, neighborhood and friendship domains. Malay language on the other hand was used more in four domains, which were in religion, education, transaction, and family domains. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2008 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6757/7/Lydia%2C%20Tumin.pdf Lydia, Tumin. (2008) Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | P Philology. Linguistics Lydia, Tumin. Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title | Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title_full | Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title_fullStr | Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title_short | Language attitudes of Kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| title_sort | language attitudes of kadazandusun people toward their mother tongue |
| topic | P Philology. Linguistics |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6757/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6757/7/Lydia%2C%20Tumin.pdf |