When a speech community is noted for its inhibitions and reservations with outsiders, researchers, who are not members of that speech community, will find difficulty in making inroads and obtaining information. This research of the Bidayuh community in Kuching will firstly discuss the general attitudes and characteristics of the community. The foregrounding of the community is based on descriptions both by European writers of the 19th century and modern day Bidayuh writers. This paper documents the range of strategies which can be used by researchers, who are outsiders, to obtain information from this speech community. One major strategy which will be discussed is language choice. The Theory of Accommodation contends that rapport and solida...
The study examined language choice of Bidayuh in mixed marriages with Melanau, Chinese, and Malay....
The Bajau Laut, also known as ‘Sea Gypsies,’ are one of the ethnic groups that are difficult to rese...
In Sabah, as in the rest of Malaysia, many indigenous languages are threatened by language shift to ...
When a speech community is noted for its inhibitions and reservations with outsiders, researchers, w...
This article examines development and revitalisation initiatives for the Bidayuh language, spoken in...
Sarawak is the largest of the fourteen states in Malaysia. The Dayak Bidayuhs form the fourth larges...
Malaysia’s Indigenous language Bidayuh is declining in use and it will take a concerted effort to en...
This article examines development and revitalisation initiatives for the Bidayuh language, spoken in...
This paper discusses an anthropological framework to examine language shift among the Bidayuh, a po...
The aim of this paper is to report the findings of a larger study that investigates variability of l...
Bidayuh is an indigenous group living in Sarawak, Malaysia. The study examined the perceptions of Bi...
Our study showed that maintaining Bidayuh in the current era is difficult and challenging due to the...
The intricacies of language require all language scientists to be thorough and methodical in doing ...
The study looks at the phenomenon of language shift among the Bidayuh teenagers in Kota Samarahan-Ku...
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the dominant code of choice among the younger gener...
The study examined language choice of Bidayuh in mixed marriages with Melanau, Chinese, and Malay....
The Bajau Laut, also known as ‘Sea Gypsies,’ are one of the ethnic groups that are difficult to rese...
In Sabah, as in the rest of Malaysia, many indigenous languages are threatened by language shift to ...
When a speech community is noted for its inhibitions and reservations with outsiders, researchers, w...
This article examines development and revitalisation initiatives for the Bidayuh language, spoken in...
Sarawak is the largest of the fourteen states in Malaysia. The Dayak Bidayuhs form the fourth larges...
Malaysia’s Indigenous language Bidayuh is declining in use and it will take a concerted effort to en...
This article examines development and revitalisation initiatives for the Bidayuh language, spoken in...
This paper discusses an anthropological framework to examine language shift among the Bidayuh, a po...
The aim of this paper is to report the findings of a larger study that investigates variability of l...
Bidayuh is an indigenous group living in Sarawak, Malaysia. The study examined the perceptions of Bi...
Our study showed that maintaining Bidayuh in the current era is difficult and challenging due to the...
The intricacies of language require all language scientists to be thorough and methodical in doing ...
The study looks at the phenomenon of language shift among the Bidayuh teenagers in Kota Samarahan-Ku...
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the dominant code of choice among the younger gener...
The study examined language choice of Bidayuh in mixed marriages with Melanau, Chinese, and Malay....
The Bajau Laut, also known as ‘Sea Gypsies,’ are one of the ethnic groups that are difficult to rese...
In Sabah, as in the rest of Malaysia, many indigenous languages are threatened by language shift to ...