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The implications of lah, ah, and hah as used by some speakers in Malaysia
Get PDFThis study looks at two groups of ethnic Malaysians, Malays and Chinese, in the way they perform their oral interactions, whether through Chinese (Mandarin or Hokkien) or Malay, particularly in the manner their intentions, desires, or emotions were demonstrated via the use of Malaysian discourse markers or particles. Data collected and analysed in this study suggests that specific Malaysian discourse markers or particles, whether tagged at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of utterances, carry specific connotations as a result of mother tongue or Ll influences. For the purpose of analysing data collected in this study, I will attempt to construct a hypothesis for the use of the Malaysian particles of lah (la), and ah (aaa) by adopting some of Lee's (1995) comments while the analysis of the hah particle is my own
Factors affecting code switching: A case study of an urban family in Petaling Jaya
Get PDFThe multi linguistic and multi-racial environment of a country like Malaysia is not only rich in cultures, traditions and food, but also in the varieties of languages (including dialects) used among speakers of the country. This phenomenon of using a variety of languages (including dialects) to perform speech functions has been identified by studies as code switching although such studies do not mention dialects. A phenomenon most commonly found among bilingual or multilingual societies, code switching has become an important issue in the studies of language and language use among people, communities and societies. Described as being the "most creative aspect of bilingual speech" (Hoffman 1991), it has also been seen as a mark of 'linguistic decay" and "a sign of laziness" (ibid.)
The aim of this article is to examine why members of an urban family code switch among themselves. It also hopes to identify some of the factors that may lead to code switching and also to ascertain whether there is a certain amount of language consciousness on the part of the participants to fulfil certain purposes/functions and, if so, why
Factors affecting code switching: A case study of an urban family in Petaling Jaya
Get PDFThe multi linguistic and multi-racial environment of a country like Malaysia is not only rich in cultures, traditions and food, but also in the varieties of languages (including dialects) used among speakers of the country. This phenomenon of using a variety of languages (including dialects) to perform speech functions has been identified by studies as code switching although such studies do not mention dialects. A phenomenon most commonly found among bilingual or multilingual societies, code switching has become an important issue in the studies of language and language use among people, communities and societies. Described as being the "most creative aspect of bilingual speech" (Hoffman 1991), it has also been seen as a mark of 'linguistic decay" and "a sign of laziness" (ibid.)
The aim of this article is to examine why members of an urban family code switch among themselves. It also hopes to identify some of the factors that may lead to code switching and also to ascertain whether there is a certain amount of language consciousness on the part of the participants to fulfil certain purposes/functions and, if so, why
Factors affecting code switching: A case study of an urban family in Petaling Jaya
Get PDFThe multi linguistic and multi-racial environment of a country like Malaysia is not only rich in cultures, traditions and food, but also in the varieties of languages (including dialects) used among speakers of the country. This phenomenon of using a variety of languages (including dialects) to perform speech functions has been identified by studies as code switching although such studies do not mention dialects. A phenomenon most commonly found among bilingual or multilingual societies, code switching has become an important issue in the studies of language and language use among people, communities and societies. Described as being the "most creative aspect of bilingual speech" (Hoffman 1991), it has also been seen as a mark of 'linguistic decay" and "a sign of laziness" (ibid.)
The aim of this article is to examine why members of an urban family code switch among themselves. It also hopes to identify some of the factors that may lead to code switching and also to ascertain whether there is a certain amount of language consciousness on the part of the participants to fulfil certain purposes/functions and, if so, why
The implications of lah, ah, and hah as used by some speakers in Malaysia
Get PDFThis study looks at two groups of ethnic Malaysians, Malays and Chinese, in the way they perform their oral interactions, whether through Chinese (Mandarin or Hokkien) or Malay, particularly in the manner their intentions, desires, or emotions were demonstrated via the use of Malaysian discourse markers or particles. Data collected and analysed in this study suggests that specific Malaysian discourse markers or particles, whether tagged at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of utterances, carry specific connotations as a result of mother tongue or Ll influences. For the purpose of analysing data collected in this study, I will attempt to construct a hypothesis for the use of the Malaysian particles of lah (la), and ah (aaa) by adopting some of Lee's (1995) comments while the analysis of the hah particle is my own
The implications of lah, ah, and hah as used by some speakers in Malaysia
Get PDFThis study looks at two groups of ethnic Malaysians, Malays and Chinese, in the way they perform their oral interactions, whether through Chinese (Mandarin or Hokkien) or Malay, particularly in the manner their intentions, desires, or emotions were demonstrated via the use of Malaysian discourse markers or particles. Data collected and analysed in this study suggests that specific Malaysian discourse markers or particles, whether tagged at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of utterances, carry specific connotations as a result of mother tongue or Ll influences. For the purpose of analysing data collected in this study, I will attempt to construct a hypothesis for the use of the Malaysian particles of lah (la), and ah (aaa) by adopting some of Lee's (1995) comments while the analysis of the hah particle is my own
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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