Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Foreword 9
5. Introduction: Language Policies at Variance with Language Use in Multilingual Malaysia 13
6. 1. The Importance of Ethnic Identity when Language Shift Occurs: A Study of the Malaysian Iyers 23
7. 2. Ethnic Identity in the Tamil Community of Kuching 43
8. 3. Do Exogamous Marriages Result in Language Shift? Focus on the Sindhis of Kuching, Malaysia 59
9. 4. Malaysian-Filipino Couples and Language Choice: Heritage Language or International Language? 71
10. 5. I am not English but my First Language is English: English as a First Language among Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia 87
11. 6. Language and Identity. Children of Indian Bidayuh Mixed Marriages 101
12. 7. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Shifts in Minority Communities. Focus on the Malayalee Community in Malaysia 115
13. 8. My Son has to maintain his Language because that is his Culture: The Persistence and Adaptation of the Bengali Community in Malaysia 127
14. 9. Intercultural Communication in Sarawak: Language Use of the Chinese-Speaking Communities 151
15. 10. Malay Javanese Migrants in Malaysia: Contesting or Creating Identity? 163
16. 11. Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation 173
17. Contributors 185
18. Bibliography 189
19. Index 203