Word Familiarity and Lexical Change : The Case of Sarawak Malay Dialect

• Main Authors: Radina, Mohamad Deli, Rosnah, Mustafa, Monaliza, Sarbini-Zin
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Language Studies 2012
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works; P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1093/1/Word%2Bfamiliarity%2Band%2Blexical%2B%2528abstract%2529.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1093/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This preliminary study looks at the familiarity rating of words in Sarawak Malay Dialect (SMD). Although familiarity ratings of language items are usually utilised in psycholinguistic research, they can be very useful for studies in the area of language change. The aim of this study is twofold: (...