A study of Penang Peranakan Hokkien
This paper attempts to classify the loan words in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, a creole variety of Hokkien, according to classifications as objects and formal grammatical categories. The study is based on a word list of about 400 Malay words taken from a Penang Peranakan family and commonly found in t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaya
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Modern Languages |
| Online Access: | https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3992 |
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| Summary: | This paper attempts to classify the loan words in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, a creole variety of Hokkien, according to classifications as objects and formal grammatical categories. The study is based on a word list of about 400 Malay words taken from a Penang Peranakan family and commonly found in this variety. The paper concludes with some observations of current trends in Penang Peranakan Hokkien.
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| ISSN: | 1675-526X 2462-1986 |