Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.

This study examined the influence of social networks on the language ability of Kejaman speakers, a small indigenous group in Sarawak, Malaysia. Using questionnaires, data were collected from 123 participants from three generations of Kejaman speakers who lived in two longhouses located in Belaga,...

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Main Authors: Amee, Joan, Ting, Su Hie
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Published: Asia-Pacific International University, Muak Lek, Thailand 2022
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spelling my.unimas.ir.406372023-10-10T06:39:13Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40637/ Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks. Amee, Joan Ting, Su Hie P Philology. Linguistics This study examined the influence of social networks on the language ability of Kejaman speakers, a small indigenous group in Sarawak, Malaysia. Using questionnaires, data were collected from 123 participants from three generations of Kejaman speakers who lived in two longhouses located in Belaga, Sarawak. The results showed good to excellent ability in Kejaman among the grandparents and parents’ generation, but fewer of the children’s generation were able to interact fluently and spontaneously in Kejaman. Based on frameworks for social network analysis, the Kejaman had a loose�knit social network characterised by a low density and uniplex social network pattern, indicating dependence on a selected number of kin and non-kin contacts. The average number of contacts in their exchange and interactive network was three each for all three generations. The grandparents’ generation was close to having a multiplex social network (49.1%), but the other two generations had uniplex social networks of 21% to 25%. There were significant negative correlations between ability to speak Kejaman and the number of exchange and interactive networks. Their networks comprise contacts from other ethnic groups. Therefore, having more contacts and interactions with non-Kejaman speakers was associated with a lower level of Kejaman ability. Asia-Pacific International University, Muak Lek, Thailand 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40637/3/Kejaman%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Copy.pdf Amee, Joan and Ting, Su Hie (2022) Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks. Human Behavior and Development Studies, 23 (2). pp. 29-38. ISSN 2651-1762 https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hbds/article/view/254839
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Amee, Joan
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Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
description This study examined the influence of social networks on the language ability of Kejaman speakers, a small indigenous group in Sarawak, Malaysia. Using questionnaires, data were collected from 123 participants from three generations of Kejaman speakers who lived in two longhouses located in Belaga, Sarawak. The results showed good to excellent ability in Kejaman among the grandparents and parents’ generation, but fewer of the children’s generation were able to interact fluently and spontaneously in Kejaman. Based on frameworks for social network analysis, the Kejaman had a loose�knit social network characterised by a low density and uniplex social network pattern, indicating dependence on a selected number of kin and non-kin contacts. The average number of contacts in their exchange and interactive network was three each for all three generations. The grandparents’ generation was close to having a multiplex social network (49.1%), but the other two generations had uniplex social networks of 21% to 25%. There were significant negative correlations between ability to speak Kejaman and the number of exchange and interactive networks. Their networks comprise contacts from other ethnic groups. Therefore, having more contacts and interactions with non-Kejaman speakers was associated with a lower level of Kejaman ability.
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author Amee, Joan
Ting, Su Hie
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Ting, Su Hie
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title Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
title_short Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
title_full Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
title_fullStr Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
title_full_unstemmed Kejaman in Malaysia: Decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
title_sort kejaman in malaysia: decreasing language ability and uniplexity of social networks.
publisher Asia-Pacific International University, Muak Lek, Thailand
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40637/3/Kejaman%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20Copy.pdf
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https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hbds/article/view/254839
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