Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar

There have been many studies conducted regarding the use of code-switching in language contact. However, case studies on the communicative intents of switchers and the ends to which these speakers seek in a particular setting are few and far between, especially with regards to childhood bilingualism...

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Main Author:	Abdul Jabar, Farina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Malaysia
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.149252022-04-06T04:15:37Z Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar 2011-03 Abdul Jabar, Farina Malaysia Malaysia There have been many studies conducted regarding the use of code-switching in language contact. However, case studies on the communicative intents of switchers and the ends to which these speakers seek in a particular setting are few and far between, especially with regards to childhood bilingualism in Malaysia. Therefore this research was conducted to explore the functions of code-switching among Malay-English bilingual children as described by Gumperz (1982), Halliday (1975), Kow (2003) and Malik (1994), via the discourse analysis of two Malay-English bilingual children and identifying the communicative strategies employed by these children in discourse. All the findings of this study which were obtained through qualitative means (discourse analysis) showed that children employed language mixing (with particularly interest in code-switching) to fulfill several communicative functions such as to facilitate expression, to communicate meaning when there is a lack of register, to emphasize a point, to imply semantic significance, in response to habitual experience and as repetition. However there are limitations to this research in that it could present generalized findings since the study will focus on a limited number of children in a specific setting. The implications of this study should provide educators with insight on their role in the development of bilingual curriculum materials and construction of bilingual instructional methodology implicit in second language learning. 2011-03 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14925/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14925/1/TM_FARINA%20ABDUL%20JABAR%20ED%2011_5.PDF text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Education Abdullah, Normah (Prof. Madya Dr.)
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advisor	Abdullah, Normah (Prof. Madya Dr.)
topic	Malaysia Malaysia
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description	There have been many studies conducted regarding the use of code-switching in language contact. However, case studies on the communicative intents of switchers and the ends to which these speakers seek in a particular setting are few and far between, especially with regards to childhood bilingualism in Malaysia. Therefore this research was conducted to explore the functions of code-switching among Malay-English bilingual children as described by Gumperz (1982), Halliday (1975), Kow (2003) and Malik (1994), via the discourse analysis of two Malay-English bilingual children and identifying the communicative strategies employed by these children in discourse. All the findings of this study which were obtained through qualitative means (discourse analysis) showed that children employed language mixing (with particularly interest in code-switching) to fulfill several communicative functions such as to facilitate expression, to communicate meaning when there is a lack of register, to emphasize a point, to imply semantic significance, in response to habitual experience and as repetition. However there are limitations to this research in that it could present generalized findings since the study will focus on a limited number of children in a specific setting. The implications of this study should provide educators with insight on their role in the development of bilingual curriculum materials and construction of bilingual instructional methodology implicit in second language learning.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abdul Jabar, Farina
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title	Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar
title_short	Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar
title_full	Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar
title_fullStr	Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar
title_full_unstemmed	Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar
title_sort	language mixing among malay-english bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / farina abdul jabar
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Language mixing among Malay-English bilingual children: a case study in an informal art class / Farina Abdul Jabar

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