Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers
This research examines data from English newspapers in Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan in order to determine the extent of nativization of local varieties of English. The papers examined are 'The New Straits Times' and 'The Star' from Malaysia, 'The Straits Times', �...
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| author | David, M.K. Kuang, C.H. Shaikh, Q.A. |
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| description | This research examines data from English newspapers in Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan in order to determine the extent of nativization of local varieties of English. The papers examined are 'The New Straits Times' and 'The Star' from Malaysia, 'The Straits Times', 'Sunday Times', 'Today' and 'The New Paper' from Singapore 'The Nation' and 'The News' from Pakistan. The borrowing and assimilation of a large number lexical items are analysed and categorized. The categorization across the countries will be discussed. Such informed knowledge truly makes English an Asian language. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-87432014-12-31T07:01:42Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/8743/ Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers David, M.K. Kuang, C.H. Shaikh, Q.A. PN Literature (General) This research examines data from English newspapers in Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan in order to determine the extent of nativization of local varieties of English. The papers examined are 'The New Straits Times' and 'The Star' from Malaysia, 'The Straits Times', 'Sunday Times', 'Today' and 'The New Paper' from Singapore 'The Nation' and 'The News' from Pakistan. The borrowing and assimilation of a large number lexical items are analysed and categorized. The categorization across the countries will be discussed. Such informed knowledge truly makes English an Asian language. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/8743/1/All.pdf David, M.K. and Kuang, C.H. and Shaikh, Q.A. (2008) Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers. In: International Congress of Linguists, 21-26 July 2008, Seoul, Korea. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | PN Literature (General) David, M.K. Kuang, C.H. Shaikh, Q.A. Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title | Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title_full | Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title_fullStr | Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title_short | Local lexical intrusions in english dailies: A comparison of Malaysian, Singaporean and Pakistani newspapers |
| title_sort | local lexical intrusions in english dailies a comparison of malaysian singaporean and pakistani newspapers |
| topic | PN Literature (General) |
| url | http://eprints.um.edu.my/8743/1/All.pdf |
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