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Linguistic
TSL 3101
TOPIC 1- History of English Language
Differences
between
Pronunciations
Standard Grammatical
English and structure
Malaysian
English
Vocabulary
Differences in vocabulary
0 Words or phrases which have one meaning in Standard English
and another in Malaysian English.
0 Eg: “driver” where in Malaysian English means a personal
chauffeur while in Standard English it is anybody who drives.
0 Some of the words are only used by Malaysian English and not
Standard English.
Standard English Malaysian English
eggplant or aubergine brinjal
mobile phone or cell phone hand phone
used held for further KIV
consideration
sick note MC
yes / no can / cannot
0 Malaysian English also often add in suffixes in their English. Eg:
“meh”, “ke”, “ar”, “lah”, “mar”
0 Standard English does not use suffixes as it does not give specific
meaning
0 The example can be taken such as “Sure ar?” as in “Are you sure?”
Malaysian English uses the word “horn” as a verb. This reveals
how language use may be changed by a group of speakers,
whereas standard English uses “horn” only as a noun.
Malaysian English: Please off the lights when you leave the
room.
Standard English: Please switch off the lights when you
leave the room.
In standard English, on and off are not verbs.
Differences in
pronunciations of words
0 Malaysians speaks many different dialects such as in Kelantanese
English, Kedahan English, Sabahan English and Perakian English
whereas British is only one main language spoken which is
Standard English
0 Most of the pronunciations mistake relates to mother tongue
interference
0 There are some examples that differs the pronunciations
between Malaysian English and Standard English