Mis Mohammed Azlan

National University of Malaysia | ukm · School of Language ​​and Linguistics Studies (SOLLS)

Kedayan is one of the minority ethnic groups in Bekenu, Sibuti, situated on the northern part of Sarawak. In previous studies, it was reported that most of the minority languages in Sarawak are facing language endangerment due to modernisation. This study investigates and reports on the language choices among the Kedayan community in Bekenu in or...

This paper investigates the cognitive processes underlying death euphemisms used by the Sarawak Malay community. These euphemisms are polite forms of language used to replace those that are considered harsh or taboo, and inappropriate for direct speech. Through the use of death-related euphemisms, speakers are able to demonstrate politeness, though...

Any activities conducted at the boundary area between countries will only be successful if the community of speakers has mutual understanding in terms of language, especially those involving business. This study focuses on a community in the northern part of Malaysia near the Thailand border where majority of people are bilingual in Malay and Thai....

Language use or choice at the border often presents a multitude of patterns. The language chosen is often determined by the participants in the communicative act. At the Malaysia-Thai border, where most of the population are Malay but of Thai and/or Malaysian nationalities, the language choices of the speakers present an interesting pattern. This p...

This paper aims to identify the lingua franca at the border of Malaysia-Thailand via the domain concept introduced by Fishman (1972). This concept proposes several domains such as family, business, neighbourhood, friendship, work and religion, which can be used as the basis for studies on language choice in multilingual communities such as the Mala...

Lingua franca in this study refers to a language used to communicate between speakers with different native languages (Samarin 1968: 661). The language of communication is usually the language often used in everyday life. In the state of Sarawak, there are many ethnic groups with their own native languages. However, at the same time, they also use...

The language choice of these ethnic groups in communicating between one another represents the language of communication also known as the lingua franca. Lingua franca in this study refers to a language used to communicate between speakers with different native languages. The language of communication is usually the language often used in everyday...