This book contains reflections on learning and socializing with digital media. Performing asynchr... more This book contains reflections on learning and socializing with digital media. Performing asynchronous communication and verbal interaction by combining new and old media is fast becoming the norms of everyday practice. This is especially true for those who enjoy interacting on the fly in more than one directed attention, for mobile, digital notebook and handset games may be used interchangeably to this end. In alignment with the knowledge economy, managing digital resource as a skill is profiled as a prerequisite for certain jobs. Views derived from Dow Jones Factiva, for example, may be part of rounded consideration hence becoming a relevant digital tool in decision making. A non-exhaustive list of experts on digital media and education from the Malay world of Southeast Asia is identified. Interestingly, the stable gender relations assumed by many unawares have become glaringly problematic in the virtual world. The narrative acknowledges that online participants may be at risk of cyber bullying. Cases leading to the victimization of digital media users are highlighted as precaution. SPAM is definitely an unwelcomed experience and managing SPAM is found to be a common digital irritation, either dismissive or costly. Digital media will continue to have an impact on daily interactivity.
This study examines the semiotics of interactivity in various language settings. Learning discour... more This study examines the semiotics of interactivity in various language settings. Learning discourse, Malay dramatic-theatrical expression, Malay romantic exchange, and Malay proverbs are scrutinized beyond grammar in verbal communication. While language is in use each time one strikes a conversation, the indices behind speaker-listener-audience dynamics are influenced by the motion, verbal styling and speaker-hearer-audiences' (non) participative responses. Social identity emerges from varying communicative indices of discourse performing. Performing verbal interaction in a particular style generates a reading reflexive of gender/identity/social group. By manipulating discourse performing speakers, listeners and by-gazers are able to switch social identities on the fly. Each time a semiotic index is altered the course of interaction changes. And the significance of socio-semiotics in interactivity hence becomes pressing when communication sours into conflict. The exploration of social grammar in a nexus of human-language-topic-audience opens a wider window of human interaction.
Key words: Malay Interactivity, Malay Pedagogy, Malay Social Grammar
This book examines the noun and verb reduplication found in newspapers, magazine and radio broadc... more This book examines the noun and verb reduplication found in newspapers, magazine and radio broadcast. It is noticed that Malay nouns reduplicate more readily than Malay verbs. The differences between Malay nouns and verbs are explained in separate chapters based on the tenets of Cognitive Grammar and other grammar axioms. The semantics of Malay nouns and verbs are explained in terms of quantification expressed through a perceived boundary, either coerced or supressed through the application of different grammar words and affixation in Malay. Reduplicating Malay nouns and verbs becomes complex at phrasal level because the specificity of the noun references and the aspect of the verb references are complicated by the collaborating grammar elements such as determiner, number, existential marker, irrealis construct, etc. The discussion paves the way to more detailed analyses of Malay nouns and verbs by taking into consideration the pragmatic effects that alter the semantics of reduplicated constructions in Malay.
Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research Over the past decades, linguists have ... more Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research Over the past decades, linguists have taken a broader view of language and are borrowing methods and findings from other disciplines such as cognition and computer sciences, neurology, biology, sociology, psychology, and ...
The writing of this book was triggered by the questions raised from the observation of written an... more The writing of this book was triggered by the questions raised from the observation of written and spoken texts that induce varying interpretations, and the repetitive structures pertinent to language use (pp. 2, 5). In the Introduction, Carter asks how spoken and written creativity differ (p. 9). Creativity as the topic of investigation in this book is due to language interpretation beyond grammar and literal comprehension. Following the Introduction are six chapters, three Appendices and References. Carter focuses on social and cultural ...
This volume contains six papers which were presented at a generative syntax workshop on Rumanian ... more This volume contains six papers which were presented at a generative syntax workshop on Rumanian held at the University of Venice in June . Nominal projections have intriguing properties in Rumanian and constitute the topic of two articles. Giusti questions the assumption, ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a s... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... Bernd Heine, Cognitive foundations of grammar. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x+185. ... As this article doesn't contain an abstract, the image below is necessary to enable the article to be indexed by certain search engines. Note, the resolution of the full-text PDF is much higher than that shown here. ... Bernd Heine, Cognitive foundations of grammar. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a s... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... DNS Bhat, The prominence of tense, aspect and mood (Studies in Language Companion Series 49). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. Pp. x+198. ... As this article doesn't contain an abstract, the image below is necessary to enable the article to be indexed by certain search engines. Note, the resolution of the full-text PDF is much higher than that shown here.
Abstract. Malay literature can be a way by which Malay social issues are examined if indeed one s... more Abstract. Malay literature can be a way by which Malay social issues are examined if indeed one subscribes to the Art for the Society movement as advocated by the Association of Malay Writers.
The book under review deals with “the ways that people talk about what they are feeling, and with... more The book under review deals with “the ways that people talk about what they are feeling, and with the words that they use in whatever language they speak”(p. 4). This approach, elsewhere called “linguistic psychology”, 1 is analogous to “linguistic philosophy”, which studies philosophically relevant concepts employed in ordinary language. The authors' working hypothesis is that “a careful examination of linguistic data can provide clues to what people mean when they use such words or expressions”(p.
“Speak Standard Malay” was first published in 1993. This first revised edition has included a sec... more “Speak Standard Malay” was first published in 1993. This first revised edition has included a section of basic information on Malay culture at the bottom of selected pages and updated dialogues with two previous conversation segments replaced (p. xii). The addition of cultural information enhances the comprehension of Malay speech styles. The presentation of the Malay dialogues follows a predictable format in all chapters suggesting that the book is written for a self-study purpose.
This book is about the semiotics of new literacy as it examines the modes of representation and t... more This book is about the semiotics of new literacy as it examines the modes of representation and the interactive principles behind multimodal literacy. The learning implication goes beyond literacy as all subjects in school may come in various learning modes. Audio-visual teaching aids, e-learning, and interactive teaching techniques such as those advocated in Multiple Intelligences are some of the learning approaches educators use to engage learning. Meaning making processes afforded by each medium are a concern.
This book contains reflections on learning and socializing with digital media. Performing asynchr... more This book contains reflections on learning and socializing with digital media. Performing asynchronous communication and verbal interaction by combining new and old media is fast becoming the norms of everyday practice. This is especially true for those who enjoy interacting on the fly in more than one directed attention, for mobile, digital notebook and handset games may be used interchangeably to this end. In alignment with the knowledge economy, managing digital resource as a skill is profiled as a prerequisite for certain jobs. Views derived from Dow Jones Factiva, for example, may be part of rounded consideration hence becoming a relevant digital tool in decision making. A non-exhaustive list of experts on digital media and education from the Malay world of Southeast Asia is identified. Interestingly, the stable gender relations assumed by many unawares have become glaringly problematic in the virtual world. The narrative acknowledges that online participants may be at risk of cyber bullying. Cases leading to the victimization of digital media users are highlighted as precaution. SPAM is definitely an unwelcomed experience and managing SPAM is found to be a common digital irritation, either dismissive or costly. Digital media will continue to have an impact on daily interactivity.
This study examines the semiotics of interactivity in various language settings. Learning discour... more This study examines the semiotics of interactivity in various language settings. Learning discourse, Malay dramatic-theatrical expression, Malay romantic exchange, and Malay proverbs are scrutinized beyond grammar in verbal communication. While language is in use each time one strikes a conversation, the indices behind speaker-listener-audience dynamics are influenced by the motion, verbal styling and speaker-hearer-audiences' (non) participative responses. Social identity emerges from varying communicative indices of discourse performing. Performing verbal interaction in a particular style generates a reading reflexive of gender/identity/social group. By manipulating discourse performing speakers, listeners and by-gazers are able to switch social identities on the fly. Each time a semiotic index is altered the course of interaction changes. And the significance of socio-semiotics in interactivity hence becomes pressing when communication sours into conflict. The exploration of social grammar in a nexus of human-language-topic-audience opens a wider window of human interaction.
Key words: Malay Interactivity, Malay Pedagogy, Malay Social Grammar
This book examines the noun and verb reduplication found in newspapers, magazine and radio broadc... more This book examines the noun and verb reduplication found in newspapers, magazine and radio broadcast. It is noticed that Malay nouns reduplicate more readily than Malay verbs. The differences between Malay nouns and verbs are explained in separate chapters based on the tenets of Cognitive Grammar and other grammar axioms. The semantics of Malay nouns and verbs are explained in terms of quantification expressed through a perceived boundary, either coerced or supressed through the application of different grammar words and affixation in Malay. Reduplicating Malay nouns and verbs becomes complex at phrasal level because the specificity of the noun references and the aspect of the verb references are complicated by the collaborating grammar elements such as determiner, number, existential marker, irrealis construct, etc. The discussion paves the way to more detailed analyses of Malay nouns and verbs by taking into consideration the pragmatic effects that alter the semantics of reduplicated constructions in Malay.
Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research Over the past decades, linguists have ... more Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research Over the past decades, linguists have taken a broader view of language and are borrowing methods and findings from other disciplines such as cognition and computer sciences, neurology, biology, sociology, psychology, and ...
The writing of this book was triggered by the questions raised from the observation of written an... more The writing of this book was triggered by the questions raised from the observation of written and spoken texts that induce varying interpretations, and the repetitive structures pertinent to language use (pp. 2, 5). In the Introduction, Carter asks how spoken and written creativity differ (p. 9). Creativity as the topic of investigation in this book is due to language interpretation beyond grammar and literal comprehension. Following the Introduction are six chapters, three Appendices and References. Carter focuses on social and cultural ...
This volume contains six papers which were presented at a generative syntax workshop on Rumanian ... more This volume contains six papers which were presented at a generative syntax workshop on Rumanian held at the University of Venice in June . Nominal projections have intriguing properties in Rumanian and constitute the topic of two articles. Giusti questions the assumption, ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a s... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... Bernd Heine, Cognitive foundations of grammar. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x+185. ... As this article doesn't contain an abstract, the image below is necessary to enable the article to be indexed by certain search engines. Note, the resolution of the full-text PDF is much higher than that shown here. ... Bernd Heine, Cognitive foundations of grammar. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a s... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of Linguistics) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... DNS Bhat, The prominence of tense, aspect and mood (Studies in Language Companion Series 49). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. Pp. x+198. ... As this article doesn't contain an abstract, the image below is necessary to enable the article to be indexed by certain search engines. Note, the resolution of the full-text PDF is much higher than that shown here.
Abstract. Malay literature can be a way by which Malay social issues are examined if indeed one s... more Abstract. Malay literature can be a way by which Malay social issues are examined if indeed one subscribes to the Art for the Society movement as advocated by the Association of Malay Writers.
The book under review deals with “the ways that people talk about what they are feeling, and with... more The book under review deals with “the ways that people talk about what they are feeling, and with the words that they use in whatever language they speak”(p. 4). This approach, elsewhere called “linguistic psychology”, 1 is analogous to “linguistic philosophy”, which studies philosophically relevant concepts employed in ordinary language. The authors' working hypothesis is that “a careful examination of linguistic data can provide clues to what people mean when they use such words or expressions”(p.
“Speak Standard Malay” was first published in 1993. This first revised edition has included a sec... more “Speak Standard Malay” was first published in 1993. This first revised edition has included a section of basic information on Malay culture at the bottom of selected pages and updated dialogues with two previous conversation segments replaced (p. xii). The addition of cultural information enhances the comprehension of Malay speech styles. The presentation of the Malay dialogues follows a predictable format in all chapters suggesting that the book is written for a self-study purpose.
This book is about the semiotics of new literacy as it examines the modes of representation and t... more This book is about the semiotics of new literacy as it examines the modes of representation and the interactive principles behind multimodal literacy. The learning implication goes beyond literacy as all subjects in school may come in various learning modes. Audio-visual teaching aids, e-learning, and interactive teaching techniques such as those advocated in Multiple Intelligences are some of the learning approaches educators use to engage learning. Meaning making processes afforded by each medium are a concern.
This is a discussion on technology assisted language learning at tertiary level that delimits blo... more This is a discussion on technology assisted language learning at tertiary level that delimits blogging as a form of e-learning for enhancing foreign language acquisition. Examining the dynamics, rather than the outcomes, behind the integration of weblog as part of a Malay module puts the spotlight on the efficacy of blogging in developing Malay literacy.
584 Discourse & Society 16 (4) the creative use of English in formal curriculum throu... more 584 Discourse & Society 16 (4) the creative use of English in formal curriculum through Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Sew (2004) explored the transformation of Malay from paper to screen in parallel with the change in tertiary learning from face-to-face (oral) to virtual (interactive) in Malaysia. The epistemology of verbal communication in general and multimodal discourse in particular is provided with informed discussion with the publication of this volume. This collection of papers redefines verbal communication in ...
Despite the variations in verbal interaction, the standard of evaluation for summative assessment... more Despite the variations in verbal interaction, the standard of evaluation for summative assessment is rather straightforward in foreign language education. Consensus on what is foreign language proficiency is normally based on first language (L1) proficiency. The introduction of criteria features indicative of learner proficiency based on second language learner English corpora, in a recent study from Cambridge, suggests that differentiating learner grammar from standard grammar may be an agenda in language evaluation. Criteria features are useful to ascertain if a foreign language learner has attained an expected proficiency unique to the learning environment, and if the examinable learning outcome is distinguishable as an A or a B or a C, etc. in the standard gradation of language assessment. This discussion highlights certain positive features identifiable as basic characteristics of learner proficiency in Malay. Differing from current standard L1 grammars that are derived from contemporary discourses of mass media Malay criteria features presented in the discussion are based on learner language. The Malay criteria discussed may initiate a prototype towards the schemata befitting the assessment of Malay proficiency unique to beginners in foreign language education.
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Key words: Malay Interactivity, Malay Pedagogy, Malay Social Grammar
Key words: Malay Interactivity, Malay Pedagogy, Malay Social Grammar