The Influence of Age Cohorts and Social Networks on the Language Choices of the Non-Indigenous Tamil Minority in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alagappar, Ponmalar N., Dealwis, Caesar, David, Maya Khemlani
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: HT Communities. Classes. Races; P Philology. Linguistics; PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22600/; https://doi.org/10.21315/kajh2018.25.1.4

This paper reports on the application of age cohorts to the theory of social networks in a study of language choices of Tamil city dwellers in Kuching, Sarawak located on the island of Borneo. This study, which adopts Milroy’s (1980) social networks, focuses mainly on code choices made in the spoken...