2018
DOI: 10.25275/apjabssv4i1ss9
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Language Maintenance Factors: Reflections on the Arabic Langauge

Abstract: The maintenance of community languages has always been a challenging field for investigation. Most of these languages live under the cultural power of the host country language. Therefore, it has never been an easy task for immigrants and their children to maintain their community languages, especially under the linguistic and cultural pressures of the English language. The majority of community languages lose ground to English and adopt it in several domains in everyday life and this is a sign of language shi… Show more

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“…By documenting the lexicons, this study will give an impact on language maintenance. Furthermore, previous study argued that language can be maintained through several domains, one of which is education (Abdelhadi, 2018). By academically presenting this study and orienting to education, it can be one way to protect the Balinese language that exists in Pendet dance.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
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“…By documenting the lexicons, this study will give an impact on language maintenance. Furthermore, previous study argued that language can be maintained through several domains, one of which is education (Abdelhadi, 2018). By academically presenting this study and orienting to education, it can be one way to protect the Balinese language that exists in Pendet dance.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Language maintenance refers to the steadiness of language and how it is being used by community speech. A language may be maintained through several domains, such as family, friends, surroundings, education, religion, and media (Abdelhadi, 2018;Baker, 2001). Language maintenance is needed since language is interrelated with cultural preservation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One way that can be done is by utilizing social media. Baker [5] argues that media availability in minority languages helps maintain stability regarding the number of speakers. It gives them the status and prestige to be used publicly, rather than restricted to the private domain.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The best solution to protect the local language from extinction is to master its lexicons as well as use the language in communication. (Abdelhadi, 2017 as cited in Dewi et al, 2020). Nelayan dance has many lexicons in its movements.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%