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

• Main Authors: Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira, Abu Din, Durah Jasmin, Rahim, Nur Atiqah, Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
• 主題: PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania; PL5101 Malay
• 在線閱讀: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/1/67856_Investigating%20Mat%20Rempit%27s%20Linguistic.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67856/; 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

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...