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Jaran, Samia A.; Al-Haq, Fawwaz Al-Abed – English Language Teaching, 2015
Languages tend to be modified to accommodate for the speakers needs, such as, discussing or dealing with certain topics and domains. An example, university students, in Jordan, modify their own language, being colloquial Arabic, with terms and expressions from the English language in order to interact and adapt to everyday college life. Due to…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Semitic Languages, Gender Differences, Questionnaires
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Thirusanku, Jantmary; Yunus, Melor Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
The main aims of this qualitative study are to identify and categorise the types of lexical borrowings from the three main Malaysian languages which are the Malay language, Chinese dialects and Indian languages used by 203 ESL teachers, to what extent these lexical borrowings are used and for what reasons. This study has identified a new category…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, English (Second Language)