Academic Writing - Assignment 2 - Diagram of Main Ideas by group Aspire by DHANUSHA A/P SELVA KUMAR https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit The three dimensions of the data: sociopolitical, economic and ethnolinguistic (part III) en-us 2018-07-03 20:20:32 UTC 2026-03-21 23:33:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png The three dimensions of the data: sociopolitical, economic and ethnolinguistic e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303693 2018-07-03 20:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303693 Status of Bahasa Melayu in linguistic landscape - the sociopolitical dimension e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303835 2018-07-03 20:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303835 Status of English in linguistic landscape – the economic and commercial dimension e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303927 2018-07-03 20:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303927 Other local languages – the ethnolinguistic dimension e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303970 2018-07-03 20:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269303970 1. Shohamy (2006, p. 110) explains that, ‘The presence or absence of languages in public space communicates symbolic messages about the importance, power, significance and relevance of certain languages or the irrelevance of others’. As a multilingual, multi-ethnic and multiracial society, the likelihood of socio-political contestation and the competition for political supremacy are important issues to consider. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304426 2018-07-03 20:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304426 2. One generally witnesses a delicate balance and social harmony among the heterogeneous communities from both indigenous and immigrant origins; however, one cannot overlook the narratives of political consciousness, the upholding of a unified national identity and the insistence of Malay supremacy by the demographically dominant group. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304539 2018-07-03 20:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304539 3.The earlier national policies were also geared towards neutralising supremacy of the English language vis-à-vis Bahasa Melayu. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304652 2018-07-03 20:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304652 4. Asmah (1997, p. 15) argues that along with the establishment of a national identity, Malay was made the official language because of ‘its role as a lingua franca, its position as major language, its position of high literature and the fact that it once had been an important language of administration and diplomacy in the Malay Archipelago’ e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304718 2018-07-03 20:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304718 e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304747 2018-07-03 20:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304747 5. Several other researchers also point to the general and educational governmental policies of the country which have in different ways upheld the status of Malay language chiefly for nationalistic and political reasons (Asmah, 1987; Gil, 2005; Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997; Martin, 2005) e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304828 2018-07-03 20:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304828 6. Occasionally policy shifts and reversals in the role and functions of the English language have also been the hallmark of the national policy (David & Govindasamy, 2005; Gil, 2002, 2004a, 2012). e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304930 2018-07-03 20:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304930 7.All immigrants of the country should be willing to assimilate to the ‘definitive race’ in terms of language and culture for true national identity to be established especially in the early throes of nation-building (Mahathir, 1970, p. 134). e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304986 2018-07-03 20:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269304986 8.Other languages may be used but not at the cost of outshining Malay in prominence, visibility or saliency. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305018 2018-07-03 20:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305018 9.One can see the socio-political and national identity concerns behind the contents of the top-down government policies. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305091 2018-07-03 20:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305091 10. Wording of the policy not only asks for compliance to the compulsory use of Bahasa Melayu but also announces a strict punitive treatment for those who violate these rules. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305154 2018-07-03 20:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305154 11. Lanza and Woldamariam (2009, p. 189) postulate that ‘Language ideologies serve to rationalize existing social structures and dominant linguistic practices, particularly through their institutionalization in official language policy’; therefore we may infer that the very formation of signage policy that explicitly institutionalises and rationalises the dominance of Bahasa Melayu over all other Malaysian languages on signboards amounts to the profound role the dynamics of language ideology and identity politics play in the construction of linguistic landscape. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305177 2018-07-03 20:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305177 1.English remains the most prominent language in the linguistic landscape and has maintained it despite the overt and covert governmental emphasis on Bahasa Melayu. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305387 2018-07-03 20:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305387 2. English is a common language in the city’s business hub too. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305435 2018-07-03 20:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305435 3. Mahathir (1999, p.40) who emphasised on the use of the English language because Malaysia needs to compete on equal terms with the world’s most advanced countries e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305483 2018-07-03 20:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305483 4. The English language wields enormous value and is viewed as valuable social capital. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305571 2018-07-03 21:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305571 5. From the view of the socio-demographic milieu of Malaysia, the English language plays both informative and symbolic functions e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305598 2018-07-03 21:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305598 6. The English language apparently performs a moderating role, facilitating communication across the length and breadth of the linguistic landscape. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305660 2018-07-03 21:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305660 7. English understandably increases foreigners and tourists to the city in huge numbers, such significant role multiplies its potentially economic and transactional role. e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305678 2018-07-03 21:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305678 Ethnolinguistic aspects and the identity marker e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305867 2018-07-03 21:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305867 Mandarin in linguistic landscape e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269305932 . comparatively larger presence of the Chinese community in and around the city

.  the bulk of the private businesses is controlled and run by the Chinese community

. to ensure their language remains visible in the linguistic ecology

.  useful advertising tool to attract the Chinese customers

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. the culture and religion of the community is represented through artistic images. 

.  Tamil businesspersons embodied  ethnolinguistic consciousness and sentimentalism. ]]> 2018-07-03 21:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269306212 Other non-local languages e017331 https://padlet.com/e017331/z1hextsgrsit/wish/269306718 . languages spoken by migrants and temporarily settled workers including Myanmar, Bengali, Thai, Korean, Arab and Urdu.

. used to attract specific customers and to express identity


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