Foreigner and Foreign in English-language Newspapers in Malaysia: A Framesemantic Approach

This paper explores the usage of two morphologically related words, foreign and foreigner, in two major daily English-language newspapers circulated widely in Malaysia. On the basis of 285 tokens, the study shows a striking tendency indicating that they do not share exactly the same semantic content...

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Main Authors: Yamaguchi, T., Yeo, H.
Format: Article
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/19416/
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/3L-2015-2102-08
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