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Publication details [#32416]

David, Maya Khemlani, Ibtisam M. H. Naji and Sheena Kaur. 2003. Language maintenance or language shift among the Punjabi Sikh community in Malaysia? International Journal of the Sociology of Language 161 : 1–24.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN
0165-2516

Annotation

This study examines language choice among the Punjabi Sikh community in Petaling Jaya (Malaysia) and language dominance in the home and religious domains and in interactions with different interlocutors. The results demonstrate that the community is shifting to English and/or that it uses a mixed code consisting of three languages.