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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Main Author: Versay Kudus, Nazima
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2007
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/
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spelling uitm-148712016-10-05T07:32:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/ Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus 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 http://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. Esteem Academic Journal, 7. pp. 197-205. ISSN 1675-7939
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Malay language. General works. History
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Malay language. General works. History
Versay Kudus, Nazima
Malay loanwords in English: Reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / Nazima Versay Kudus
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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author Versay Kudus, Nazima
author_facet Versay Kudus, Nazima
author_sort Versay Kudus, Nazima
title 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_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_sort malay loanwords in english: reasons for its survival, disappearance and revival / nazima versay kudus
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA)
publishDate 2007
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14871/1/AJ_NAZIMA%20VERSAY%20KUDUS%20ESTEEM%2007.pdf
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