Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie

Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie

As a reflection of the multilingual characteristics of the Malaysian speech community, some Malaysian television series have incorporated use of code-switching in their shows. This study examined whether Malaysian youths' receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series is li...

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Main Authors: Musa, Muriatul Khusmah, Ting, Su-Hie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2016
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/2/AJ_MURIATUL%20KHUSMAH%20MUSA%20ESTEEM%2016.pdf
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spelling uitm-170092020-03-20T02:38:05Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/ Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie Musa, Muriatul Khusmah Ting, Su-Hie As a reflection of the multilingual characteristics of the Malaysian speech community, some Malaysian television series have incorporated use of code-switching in their shows. This study examined whether Malaysian youths' receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series is linked to their own tendency to code-switch. A short video clip of a Malay drama television series with code-switching was shown before the university students filled in a questionnaire on their frequency of code-switching in daily life, and reasons for acceptability and unacceptability of code-switching in Malay drama television series. The results from 141 university participants indicated that Malay students code-switched more frequently than non-Malay students and they are also more receptive towards code-switching in Malay drama television series. However, a majority of the participants (Malay and non-Malay) found code-switching in Malay drama television series unacceptable, but their objections were not on the grounds that code-switching would adversely affect their ability to learn and speak English and Bahasa Melayu (BM). They also did not believe that code-switching has implications on their image, pro-Western stance and religious fervour. The Malay and non-Malay participants diverged in their views on code-switching and patriotism – 20% of participants who found code-switching in Malay drama television series acceptable did not do so as a result of associating code-switching with educatedness, sophistication, modernity, racial tolerance, 1Malaysia image and potential for BM to develop. The results suggest that code-switching in Malay drama television series is seen as an extension of communicative behaviour in daily life. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/2/AJ_MURIATUL%20KHUSMAH%20MUSA%20ESTEEM%2016.pdf Musa, Muriatul Khusmah and Ting, Su-Hie (2016) Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie. ESTEEM Academic Journal, 12 (2). pp. 31-46. ISSN 1675-7939
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description As a reflection of the multilingual characteristics of the Malaysian speech community, some Malaysian television series have incorporated use of code-switching in their shows. This study examined whether Malaysian youths' receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series is linked to their own tendency to code-switch. A short video clip of a Malay drama television series with code-switching was shown before the university students filled in a questionnaire on their frequency of code-switching in daily life, and reasons for acceptability and unacceptability of code-switching in Malay drama television series. The results from 141 university participants indicated that Malay students code-switched more frequently than non-Malay students and they are also more receptive towards code-switching in Malay drama television series. However, a majority of the participants (Malay and non-Malay) found code-switching in Malay drama television series unacceptable, but their objections were not on the grounds that code-switching would adversely affect their ability to learn and speak English and Bahasa Melayu (BM). They also did not believe that code-switching has implications on their image, pro-Western stance and religious fervour. The Malay and non-Malay participants diverged in their views on code-switching and patriotism – 20% of participants who found code-switching in Malay drama television series acceptable did not do so as a result of associating code-switching with educatedness, sophistication, modernity, racial tolerance, 1Malaysia image and potential for BM to develop. The results suggest that code-switching in Malay drama television series is seen as an extension of communicative behaviour in daily life.
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author Musa, Muriatul Khusmah
Ting, Su-Hie
spellingShingle Musa, Muriatul Khusmah
Ting, Su-Hie
Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
author_facet Musa, Muriatul Khusmah
Ting, Su-Hie
author_sort Musa, Muriatul Khusmah
title Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
title_short Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
title_full Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
title_fullStr Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in Malay drama television series / Muriatul Khusmah Musa and Ting Su-Hie
title_sort malaysian youth’s receptivity towards code-switching in malay drama television series / muriatul khusmah musa and ting su-hie
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA)
publishDate 2016
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17009/2/AJ_MURIATUL%20KHUSMAH%20MUSA%20ESTEEM%2016.pdf
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