About this book
The main thrust of this edited book is the development of Malaysian English (ME) as a new variety of English from the 1950s to the first decade of the 21st century. The book comprises nine chapters on different aspects of the variety based on original research.
The journey ME has taken as a postcolonial variety is discussed in terms of its linguistic development within the current frameworks of World Englishes (WE), particularly with regard to the evolution of new Englishes. Thus, the book discusses a range of ME linguistic and development issues such as lexis, phonology, modality, discoursal features, linguistic style and variation based on a variety of spoken, written, formal, informal, literary and non-literary language data. The findings from the studies contribute new knowledge on how ME has developed and also importantly, the realities and prospects of the variety as a dynamic and rich New English.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents 5
- Preface 7
- HAJAR ABDUL RAHIM / SHAKILA ABDUL MANAN Postcolonial Malaysian English: Realities and Prospects 9
- HAJAR ABDUL RAHIM Malaysian English Lexis: Postcolonial and Beyond 35
- STEFANIE PILLAI The Monophthongs and Diphthongs of Malaysian English: An Instrumental Analysis 55
- ALIAS ABD GHANI Phonological Variation in the Speech Production of Malaysian Learners of English 87
- PETER COLLINS Modal Expressions in Malaysian English 127
- RITA ABDUL RAHMAN RAMAKRISHNA Discoursal Features of Malaysian English in Malaysian Short Stories 161
- SHAKILA ABDUL MANAN The Linguistics of Creativity: Nativising Malaysian Postcolonial Creative Writings in English 185
- NURUL FARHANA LOW ABDULLAH Malaysian English in Postcolonial Adaptations of Shakespeare in Malaysia 221
- FRANCISCO PERLAS DUMANIG / MAYA KHEMLANI DAVID Miscommunication in Filipino-Malaysian Interactions: Intercultural Discourse in English 253
- Notes on Contributors 279
- Index 281