Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment

This study applies sociolinguistic theories of accommodation to investigate how consumers in different cultures respond to the use of their etlmic language in advertising. Specifically, this study involved two dominant cultures in Malaysia, Malaysian Malay and Malaysian Chinese. In addition, this st...

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Main Author: Yap, Eit Thian
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1998
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description This study applies sociolinguistic theories of accommodation to investigate how consumers in different cultures respond to the use of their etlmic language in advertising. Specifically, this study involved two dominant cultures in Malaysia, Malaysian Malay and Malaysian Chinese. In addition, this study also investigated the relationship between demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, income, and education level and affect toward advertisements that used Bahasa Malaysia and English (for Malay respondents), and Chinese and English (for Chinese respondents).
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spelling usm-621822025-05-06T02:22:19Z http://eprints.usm.my/62182/ Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment Yap, Eit Thian HF5801-6182 Advertising This study applies sociolinguistic theories of accommodation to investigate how consumers in different cultures respond to the use of their etlmic language in advertising. Specifically, this study involved two dominant cultures in Malaysia, Malaysian Malay and Malaysian Chinese. In addition, this study also investigated the relationship between demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, income, and education level and affect toward advertisements that used Bahasa Malaysia and English (for Malay respondents), and Chinese and English (for Chinese respondents). 1998-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/62182/1/Pages%20from%20Yap%20Eit%20Thian.pdf Yap, Eit Thian (1998) Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle HF5801-6182 Advertising
Yap, Eit Thian
Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title_full Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title_fullStr Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title_short Exploring Language Effects In Ethnic Advertising: In Malaysian Environment
title_sort exploring language effects in ethnic advertising: in malaysian environment
topic HF5801-6182 Advertising
url http://eprints.usm.my/62182/
http://eprints.usm.my/62182/1/Pages%20from%20Yap%20Eit%20Thian.pdf