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What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town

Language problems and language barriers are challenges facing not only immigrants but also minorities and people in rural/semirural areas. This study examines individuals' bi- and multilingual repertoires, language practices and attitudes in a Hokkien-speaking community in Kangar, a semirural t...

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Main Authors: Ding, Seong Lin, Chee, Wei Han
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Published: De Gruyter 2023
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P Philology. Linguistics
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spelling my.um.eprints.396102024-06-14T08:02:43Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/39610/ What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town Ding, Seong Lin Chee, Wei Han P Philology. Linguistics Language problems and language barriers are challenges facing not only immigrants but also minorities and people in rural/semirural areas. This study examines individuals' bi- and multilingual repertoires, language practices and attitudes in a Hokkien-speaking community in Kangar, a semirural town of northern Malaysia bordering Thailand. Through questionnaire surveys and interviews, we investigate how these notions can be used as a means to understand/reflect bilingualism and multilingualism and, more importantly, the potential disparity between what people want to do/say and what people eventually manage to do/say. While there is a shift in language practice from a local- and ancestral origin-induced pattern towards a more ``global'' and ``pan-Chinese'' paradigm, the findings also reveal the linguistic ``dislocations'' of the Hokkien-speaking community across ALL generations regardless of ethnicity. The language issues in the community reflect-and are likely to be reflections of-society at large. The vast contrast between individual/societal linguistic aspirations and the actual linguistic repertoire/communicative competence among the locals indicates the need to redress an absence of major efforts to close urban-rural/city-town/dominant-dominated social divides across the (language) education landscape at the national level. De Gruyter 2023-05 Article PeerReviewed Ding, Seong Lin and Chee, Wei Han (2023) What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town. Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 42 (3). pp. 315-338. ISSN 0167-8507, DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2021-0096 <https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2021-0096>. 10.1515/multi-2021-0096
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topic P Philology. Linguistics
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Ding, Seong Lin
Chee, Wei Han
What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town
description Language problems and language barriers are challenges facing not only immigrants but also minorities and people in rural/semirural areas. This study examines individuals' bi- and multilingual repertoires, language practices and attitudes in a Hokkien-speaking community in Kangar, a semirural town of northern Malaysia bordering Thailand. Through questionnaire surveys and interviews, we investigate how these notions can be used as a means to understand/reflect bilingualism and multilingualism and, more importantly, the potential disparity between what people want to do/say and what people eventually manage to do/say. While there is a shift in language practice from a local- and ancestral origin-induced pattern towards a more ``global'' and ``pan-Chinese'' paradigm, the findings also reveal the linguistic ``dislocations'' of the Hokkien-speaking community across ALL generations regardless of ethnicity. The language issues in the community reflect-and are likely to be reflections of-society at large. The vast contrast between individual/societal linguistic aspirations and the actual linguistic repertoire/communicative competence among the locals indicates the need to redress an absence of major efforts to close urban-rural/city-town/dominant-dominated social divides across the (language) education landscape at the national level.
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Chee, Wei Han
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title What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town
title_short What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town
title_full What I want to do I do not do : On bi-and multilingual repertoires and linguistic dislocation in a border town
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