Linguistic Landscapes in Putrajaya: Competing Codes and Choice

Ariffin, Kamisah; Mello, Geraldine De; Husin, Misyana Susanti; Anuardin, Aini Andria Shirin; Omar, Nur Hidayatulshima

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0203-9_40

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“…They found that English was more frequent in the two large cities, while in contrast, Malay had a larger presence in the two smaller cities, followed by bilingual signs and a few signs that also included Chinese. More recently, Ariffin et al (2019) studied shop signs in Putrajaya, the administrative capital, south of Kuala Lumpur. They confirmed the pattern of the dominance of both Malay and English in the linguistic landscape, but in their case there was a greater prominence of English due to its placement and the size of the texts.…”

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A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies

Gorter¹,

Cenoz²

2023

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A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies

Gorter¹,

Cenoz²

2023

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“…As for Malaysia, LL is still considered under-researched, although there have been an increasing number of existing research works done. Topic investigated include the vitality of Tamil language in Malaysia Supramani et al (2013); the LL of religious sites in Kuala Lumpur Coluzzi & Kitade (2015); examination of Kuala Lumpur's LL through political, economic, and identity lenses Syed et al (2015); identity construction through the LL of non-native languages like Chinese and Tamil in Kuala Lumpur Wang et al )2017); the presence of Italian within Kuala Lumpur's LL Coluzzi (2016); LL analysis in commercial areas of Putrajaya Ariffin et al (2019); and LL investigation exploring multilingual billboard advertising practices and language policy in Malaysia (Aini, 2017). Most of the studies mentioned merely focus on the urban or metropolitan areas, commercial buildings, and places of worship.…”

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Language Choice and Preference in The Linguistic Landscape of Teluk Batik, Malaysia

Hasni,

Anuarudin,

Sulong

2024

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The study of linguistic landscape (LL) is an interdisciplinary field that examines the visible presence and use of languages in public space. However, studies on LL in Malaysia are still scarce and have yet to be conducted extensively, especially in the tourism context. To address the lack of LL research in Malaysia, the present study seeks to explore the representation of language use in the public space of Malaysian tourism context. Based on a quantitative approach, pictorial data (64 pieces of signage) along the coastline of Teluk Batik beach were photographed and analysed as data samples. The frequency of language use was collected using the frameworks described by (Huebner, 2009; Cenoz and Gorter, 2010). This study also looked into the language choice and preferences, as well as the type of sign employed in Teluk Batik. The research identifies Teluk Batik as a tourism destination with multilingual inequality. The LL of Teluk Batik is still dominated by Bahasa Melayu (BM), even though it is known to be one of the most famous tourist sites in Perak. English, occupying a secondary position in monolingual signs is still lacking in its presence as the number is limited, whereas bilingual signs incorporating Mandarin and Arabic are comparatively less numerous. The findings of this study may contribute to a better understanding of the LL and tourism readiness in Teluk Batik, which are vital for a successful and sustainable tourism industry.

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“…English words (or other languages) are only permissible if they are not too prominent as compared to BM. However, studies have noted that this is quite wide off the mark (Manan et al, 2015;Hasan et al, 2015;Ariffin et al, 2019;Husin, et al, 2019;Omar et al, 2020). These studies find that other languages, other than BM, are commonly used in the public signs, particularly in the business domains despite the policy solicited.…”

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“…For example, in Malaysia, although BM has been solicited mandatory on public signboards, other languages spoken and recognised by the people in the country, such as English, Mandarin and Tamil and even Korea, Japanese and Spanish, can be found on the signboards. The languages may be used prominently on their own, or combined (Manan et al, 2015;Ariffin et al, 2019;Omar et al, 2020).…”

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