Open AccessENGLISH REDUPLICATION IN THE MALAYSIAN CONTEXT
Author(s) -
Mariam Mohamed Nor,
Mohammad Hadi Bin Hamzah,
Rahmad Sukor Ab. Somad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
al qalam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2620-598X
pISSN - 1410-3222
DOI - 10.32678/alqalam.v26i3.1564
Subject(s) - reduplication , linguistics , vocabulary , key (lock) , context (archaeology) , sociology , computer science , history , philosophy , computer security , archaeology
Reduplication is playful in certain languages while informative in others. The recent emergence of the form together-gather, single-mingle, calling-calling and laterlater brings forth the need to examine where and how the form emerged. The social contact Malaysians achieve is a vocabulary enriching mechanism just as how English has some 900,000 words. Also the catchy-ness of reduplicated words, for businesses' branding holds a key to an economically successful country. Also, this paper studies the feasibility of reduplicating rules, in particular of the English language and Bahasa.