A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal

Language analysis in real world linguistic is a method in observing language usage phenomena that is mobilized by a process or the social practice of a society. The usage phenomenon is represented by lexical (word) choice of language users in a society. This is because every lexical item of a langua...

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Main Authors:	Norsimah Mat Awal, Hishamudin Isam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/1/132-139%20NORSIMAH%20MAT%20AWAL.pdf

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spelling	ukm-102632017-03-30T07:11:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/ A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal Norsimah Mat Awal, Hishamudin Isam, Language analysis in real world linguistic is a method in observing language usage phenomena that is mobilized by a process or the social practice of a society. The usage phenomenon is represented by lexical (word) choice of language users in a society. This is because every lexical item of a language would be based on meaning and values that would capture and highlight the cultural expressions of a nation. Based on this premise, this study aims to specifically discuss the cultural expressions identified from the investigation on the lexical item halal that is often used by society in discussing matters pertaining to everyday life. This analysis utilizes the cognitive linguistics perspective in explaining the usage of the lexical halal that can be visualized in schematic representation form. Aided by the display of concordance and wordlist from the Antcom program, this study discovered that the lexical halal is used in a variety of domains and is not restricted to food only. In addition, the lexical halal is also able to explain issues pertaining to livelihood, wealth, items/objects and issues that touch on status. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/1/132-139%20NORSIMAH%20MAT%20AWAL.pdf Norsimah Mat Awal, and Hishamudin Isam, (2015) A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Sp. (2). pp. 132-139. ISSN 1823-884X http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/index.php?option=com_jresearch&view=publicationslist&Itemid=45&lang=en
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description	Language analysis in real world linguistic is a method in observing language usage phenomena that is mobilized by a process or the social practice of a society. The usage phenomenon is represented by lexical (word) choice of language users in a society. This is because every lexical item of a language would be based on meaning and values that would capture and highlight the cultural expressions of a nation. Based on this premise, this study aims to specifically discuss the cultural expressions identified from the investigation on the lexical item halal that is often used by society in discussing matters pertaining to everyday life. This analysis utilizes the cognitive linguistics perspective in explaining the usage of the lexical halal that can be visualized in schematic representation form. Aided by the display of concordance and wordlist from the Antcom program, this study discovered that the lexical halal is used in a variety of domains and is not restricted to food only. In addition, the lexical halal is also able to explain issues pertaining to livelihood, wealth, items/objects and issues that touch on status.
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author	Norsimah Mat Awal, Hishamudin Isam,
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author_facet	Norsimah Mat Awal, Hishamudin Isam,
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title	A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
title_short	A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
title_full	A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
title_fullStr	A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
title_full_unstemmed	A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
title_sort	semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10263/1/132-139%20NORSIMAH%20MAT%20AWAL.pdf
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A semantic prosody analysis of the lexical halal

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