The use of Malay Malaysian English in Malaysian English: Key considerations

• Main Authors: Ahmad Mahir, Normazla, Silahudin Jarjis, Mariatul Kibtiyah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
• Subjects: PE English
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/3263/1/N5.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/3263/; http://staf.uum.edu.my/tleia2/

Once, English was thought to be the ‘lingua franca’, understood by people around the world. This was because British English was introduced by the British Empire during the colonization era. After the myriad of colonies gained independence, however, one ‘standard’ English has evolved into many diffe...