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Machine generated contents note: 1. The Importance of Ethnic Identity when Language Shift Occurs: A Study of the Malaysian Iyers / Lokasundari Vijaya Sankar -- 2. Ethnic Identity in the Tamil Community of Kuching / Ponmalar N. Alagappar -- 3. Do Exogamous Marriages Result in Language Shift? Focus on the Sindhis of Kuching, Malaysia / Caesar Dealwis -- 4. Malaysian-Filipino Couples and Language Choice: Heritage Language or International Language? / Maya Khemlani David -- 5.I am not English but my First Language is English: English as a First Language among Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia / Mahmud Hasan Khan -- 6. Language and Identity: Children of Indian Bidayuh Mixed Marriages / Maya Khemlani David -- 7. The Impact of language Policy on Language Shifts in Minority Communities: Focus on the Malayalee Community in Malaysia / Mohana Nambiar.

Controversies and problems with regard to language policy and language education still exist in Malaysia. Despite the attempts of language policy makers to promote multilingualism, the implementation has been marred by political and religious affiliations. Malaysia is a melting pot of many different cultures and ethnicities, the three largest being Malay, Chinese and Indian. Therefore, an analysis of the language variation in this polyglot nation will help in understanding the variety of languages and those who speak them. This book gathers the work of researchers working in the field of language change in Malaysia for over two decades. As there is no book published internationally on the language policy in Malaysia and the effects on the language change in urban migrant populations, this book is a timely contribution not only to an understanding of Malaysian linguistic pluralism and its undercurrents, but also to an understanding of the Indian Diaspora.

AbstractThis article examines the relationship between language shift and identity among diaspora Sindhis in India and Southeast Asia. It focuses on questions concerning how members of this community reproduce identity through language shift. The first part of the article describes identity and language shift among diaspora Sindhis in post-partition India. It argues that language shift facilitates the reproduction of core cultural modalities among diaspora Sindhis. The second part describes the history of diaspora Sindhis in Southeast Asia and analyses language shift. It contends that language shift enables diaspora Sindhis to suspend a connection between mother-tongue proficiency and identity. The article concludes by discussing how the diaspora Sindhi experience retunes the interval that conventionally connects language shift to cultural change.

This study investigates speech acts of insult in speeches made by members of Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Pakistan using Austin's (1962) and Searle's (1969) Speech Acts Theory. This theory implies that language is used to perform acts, such as commanding, requesting, complaining, admiring, apologizing, insulting, and many others. However, in this research, researchers explore why speech acts of insult are performed by the members of Provincial Assembly of Sindh belonging to different political parties. Qualitative analysis of purposively sampled data collected from eleven participants' speeches, has been conducted to demonstrate how politicians enact speech acts of insult against each other. Findings reveal that the politicians performed speech acts of insult (expressive) when issues related to administration of Sindh and management of its resources (water distribution) were discussed. It is argued that members of the assembly are people's representatives, and they should behave in a civilized manner and perform civic, polite speech acts.

This study examines translanguaging as a political tool in Pakistan used to exploit ethnic sensitivities of speech communities. Building upon the grounded theory, concept of translanguaging was reconsidered to examine the politicized use of codes. The modified concept has been used to analyse the discourse of politicians and to demonstrate that such a mixed code has generated three tactical outcomes: politicization of language use, manipulation of general will, and exploitation of electoral support. The data comes from speeches of Pakistani politicians in Sindh, Pakistan between 2018 to 2020. This study demonstrates the politics of translanguaging, that is, the exploitation of language use for political purposes and argues that language policy experts should be made aware of such ramifications of the use of translanguaging as a political tool. Keywords: ethnic sensitivities; exploitation; language policy; Pakistan; Sindh; translanguaging.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction / Pandharipande, Rajeshwari V. / David, Maya Khemlani / Ebsworth, Miriam Eisenstein -- 2. The Decline of the Vernacular in the Chinese Religion in Singapore / Chew, Phyllis Ghim-Lian -- 3. Singing in My Language(s): How Religious Verse and Song Contribute to Minority Language Maintenance / Rosowsky, Andrey -- 4. The Role of Islam in the Language Maintenance of the Malay Muslims in Singapore / Said-Sirhan, Yurni -- 5. The Role of Religion in Written Language Maintenance and Shift in Uganda / Openjuru, George Ladaah -- 6. Faith and Language Maintenance in Transnational Places of Worship: Brazilian Christian Settings in London / Souza, Ana -- 7. Language Shift but Religious and Cultural Maintenance: A Study of the Punjabi Sikh Community in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia / Kaur, Sheena / David, Maya Khemlani -- 8. Does Religion Promote as well as Retard Language Maintenance in a Multilingual Context? Evidence from Hinduism and Buddhism / Pandharipande, Rajeshwari V. -- 9. Religion and Education in the Preservation of Hebrew and Other Jewish Language Varieties / Spolsky, Bernard -- 10. The Role of the Islamic Movement in Maintaining Standard Arabic in Israel / Amara, Muhammad -- 11. Development of Hebrew/ English Biliteracy in a Jewish Day School: Issues of Language and Identity / Ebsworth, Miriam Eisenstein / Goldberg, Scott J. / Wildstein, Tristin -- 12. Islamic Religious Education, Identity and the Arabic Language Among University Students in Southwestern Nigeria / Salami, Oladipo -- 13. Religion and Algerian Languages in the Education System / Mostari, Hind Amel -- 14. Epilogue / McLellan, James -- Index

The Malaysian Parliament comprises the King (Yang Di-Pertuan Agung), the Senate (Dewan Negara) and the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat). The Parliament is the highest legislative authority that formulates laws applicable to the nation as a whole. It is responsible for drafting bills, passing federal laws, making amendments to the constitution, examining the government's policies and, approving federal government expenditure and new taxes. Participation in parliamentary debates is exclusively meant for Members of Parliament (MPs) who have competed and won in the general elections at their respective parliamentary constituencies. The Parliament serves as a forum to debate and discuss issues pertaining to national interests.