Aldoukhi, Hanan. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Huda Hamzah, Nurul. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Shangeetha, R. K. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text si 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XI, 155 p. 28 illus., 27 illus. in color. online resource. This book investigates language choices in different domains among Syrian Arab Muslim families who came to Malaysia after war broke out in their country. It focuses on how Syrian Heritage Language (HL), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Classical Arabic (CA), and other languages that might be spoken by these families were maintained and/or shifted from the time these families came to Malaysia until the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most works on Syrian community in Malaysia are focused on social and humanitarian issues; none has explored how Syrians in Malaysia are managing their language use in connection with day-to-day communication and integration. As the Syrian community in Malaysia adapts by learning the host language, their mother language/s might experience a shift. The way the minority communities view their mother language by prioritizing or deprioritizing its use in the family milieu are factors that contribute to language maintenance and language shift (LMLS). As such, this book provides insights on how Syrian parents are managing their own and their children’s language/s, along with the language of the host country. Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Language Choice of Immigrants in a Multilingual Society -- Chapter 3: Syrian Working Parents’ Language Choice in the Work Domain -- Chapter 4: Language Maintenance and Shift in the Syrian Community -- Chapter 5: Syrian Parents’ Strategies in Language Maintenance -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. by Hanan Aldoukhi, Nurul Huda Hamzah, R. K. Shangeetha. Language policy Linguistic change Asia Languages Sociolinguistics Emigration and immigration Social aspects Language Policy and Planning Language Change Asian Languages Sociolinguistics Sociology of Migration P119.3-.32 9789819996438 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9643-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9643-8 240311 20251030111715.0 978-981-99-9643-8