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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: study of English loan words in selected Bahasa Melayu newspaper articles
  title info:
    title: A study of English loan words in selected Bahasa Melayu newspaper articles
  name:
    name part: Shamimah binti Haja Mohideen
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Gombak, Selangor
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2006
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic resource
    extent: xvi, 190 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
  abstract: This research deals with language contact between English and Bahasa Melayu, two important languages in Malaysia, which began from the British colonization and continues long after independence. Bahasa Melayu is the national language in Malaysia, while English is a second language and the international language as well as the language of specialization. English has had a lot of influence in Malaysia. The language contact is one way, where Bahasa Melayu tends to borrow numerous English words, rather than vice-versa, as English seems to be the dominant language. As more English words creep into Bahasa Melayu the purists of Bahasa Melayu have been concerned that English is linguistically conquering Bahasa Melayu, and therefore,it may lose its identity. This research has been conducted to study how English has contributed to enriching Bahasa Melayu vocabulary and facilitating communication, as well as how English has interfered with the language. The study has been conducted by means of textual analysis where the researcher has studied the function of English loanwords in the context of the selected Bahasa Melayu articles. From the loanwords identified, the researcher categorized the words according to those with equivalent and without equivalent. Based on the words with equivalents, surveys presenting pairs of English loanwords and their Malay equivalents were also distributed to respondents to find out their preference, and the findings revealed that the English loanwords were generally preferred over their Malay equivalents. This study goes beyond merely identifying loanwords because lexical borrowing does not merely reflect the borrowing of words. From a sociolinguistic perspective, there is historical significance in lexical borrowing. The loanwords identified from this study reflect social, political, educational and mental development as well as changes in trend and lifestyle and cultural influence in a community. This study revealed that there are several lingui…
  note: by Shamimah Binti Haja Mohideen
  note: Abstracts in English and Arabic.
  note: "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Human Sciences in English as a second Language."--On t.p.
  note: Access for fulltext of thesis is provided through digital format.
  note: Also available on 4 3/4 in. computer laser optical disc.
  note: Thesis (M. HSc.)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2006
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-159).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my--
  subject:
    topic: Malay language
    topic: Foreign words and phrases English
  subject:
    topic: Malay language
    topic: Foreign elements English
  classification: PL5087.4.A32
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6172
  access condition: Access for fulltext of thesis is provided through digital format.
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 070227
    record change date: 20230420112034.0
    record identifier: 373231
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng