Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words

This study looks at the different sets of words used by the local Mat Rempit community in Malaysia to construct and signal their own unique subcultural identity. These sets of words are often borrowed from the standard Malay language. New meanings or senses have been assigned to these words as a res...

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Main Authors:	Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira, Abu Din, Durah Jasmin, Rahim, Nur Atiqah, Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa
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Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
Subjects:	PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL5101 Malay
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/1/67856_Investigating%20Mat%20Rempit%27s%20Linguistic.pdf

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spelling	iium-678562018-12-13T08:08:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/ Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira Abu Din, Durah Jasmin Rahim, Nur Atiqah Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL5101 Malay This study looks at the different sets of words used by the local Mat Rempit community in Malaysia to construct and signal their own unique subcultural identity. These sets of words are often borrowed from the standard Malay language. New meanings or senses have been assigned to these words as a result of this phenomenon. The Mat Rempit's linguistic practice of maintaining some borrowed words classes and changing others also creates a novel word and idiom. Data were collected from the Malaysian action films Rem-it (2006) and Bohsia: Jangan Pilih Jalan Hitam (2009) which deal with the subject matter of Mat Rempit. Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016-11-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/1/67856_Investigating%20Mat%20Rempit%27s%20Linguistic.pdf Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira and Abu Din, Durah Jasmin and Rahim, Nur Atiqah and Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa (2016) Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words. International Young Scholars Journal of Language (IYSJL), 1 (1). pp. 52-61. ISSN 0128-2573 http://www2.iium.edu.my/sites/default/files/users/19/files/INVESTIGATING%20MAT%20REMPIT%E2%80%99S%20LINGUISTIC%20IDENTITY-%20ASSIGNING%20NEW%20MEANINGS%20TO%20STANDARD%20MALAY%20WORDS(2).pdf
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topic	PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL5101 Malay
spellingShingle	PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL5101 Malay Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira Abu Din, Durah Jasmin Rahim, Nur Atiqah Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
description	This study looks at the different sets of words used by the local Mat Rempit community in Malaysia to construct and signal their own unique subcultural identity. These sets of words are often borrowed from the standard Malay language. New meanings or senses have been assigned to these words as a result of this phenomenon. The Mat Rempit's linguistic practice of maintaining some borrowed words classes and changing others also creates a novel word and idiom. Data were collected from the Malaysian action films Rem-it (2006) and Bohsia: Jangan Pilih Jalan Hitam (2009) which deal with the subject matter of Mat Rempit.
format	Article
author	Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira Abu Din, Durah Jasmin Rahim, Nur Atiqah Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa
author_facet	Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira Abu Din, Durah Jasmin Rahim, Nur Atiqah Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa
author_sort	Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira
title	Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
title_short	Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
title_full	Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
title_fullStr	Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words
title_sort	investigating mat rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard malay words
publisher	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/1/67856_Investigating%20Mat%20Rempit%27s%20Linguistic.pdf
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Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words

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