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标题：English-Malay Code-Mixing Innovation in Facebook among Malaysian University Students
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作者：Nurul Iman Binti Ahmad Bukhari ; Azu Farhana Anuar ; Khairunnisa Mohad Khazin 等
期刊名称：Researchers World - Journal of Arts Science & Commerce
印刷版ISSN：2229-4686
电子版ISSN：2229-4686
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：01-10
DOI：10.18843/rwjasc/v6i4/01
出版社：Educational Research Multimedia & Publication
摘要：This study investigated the occurrences of code-mixing insertion of English morphemes into Malay lexical items in Facebook postings by university students from a few universities in Malaysia. A collection of 80 postings dated between January 2011 and January 2012 were analyzed to identify: 1) areas of language alternation where Malay and English grammar display lack of congruence; and 2) the reasons for the English-Malay language alternation in online postings via Facebook among university students. The findings suggest that the two areas where Malay and English grammar display lack of congruence are pluralization of nouns and continuous tense. In conclusion, the most dominant reason for this language alternation among the students is to amplify and emphasize a point. This study proposes that the phenomenon of code-mixing insertion of English morphemes into Malay lexical items is indeed an innovation towards English language usage in Malaysia.
关键词：English-Malay; Code-mixing; Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC); language innovation; Facebook