Intra and intersentential code-switching phenomena in modern Malay songs

• Main Authors: Wan Nur Syaza Sahira Wan Rusli, Azianura Hani Shaari, Siti Zaidah Zainuddin, Ng, Lay Shi, Aizan Sofia Amin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12911/1/22879-85320-2-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12911/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1125
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Code-switching has been used in many languages by many different groups of people or speech communities, but little is known about how and why they are used as communicative strategies in modern song lyrics. This paper aims to explore and describe the recent phenomenon of English code-switching in...