The use of kinship terms in language learning: a perspective from language instructors / Sop Kum Yoke, Carolyn, Nor Haniza Hasan and Derwina Daud

• Main Authors: Sop, Carolyn Kum Yoke, Hasan, Nor Haniza, Daud, Derwina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Social organization
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5888/2/5888.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5888/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This study investigates the use of kinship terms by ESL learners under the framework of componential analysis. Componential analysis imposes binary aspects to meanings to language with semantic implications. Three respondents from specific cultural backgrounds, namely, Chinese, Indian and Malay were...