A study of Penang Peranakan Hokkien

This paper attempts to classify the loan words in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, a creole variety of Hokkien, according to classifications as objects and formal grammatical categories. The study is based on a word list of about 400 Malay words taken from a Penang Peranakan family and commonly found in t...

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Main Authors: Boon Seong Teoh, Beng Soon Lim, Liang Hye Lee
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
Online Access:https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3992
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description This paper attempts to classify the loan words in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, a creole variety of Hokkien, according to classifications as objects and formal grammatical categories. The study is based on a word list of about 400 Malay words taken from a Penang Peranakan family and commonly found in this variety. The paper concludes with some observations of current trends in Penang Peranakan Hokkien.
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spelling doaj-art-90301648487a4a73b1fffd70bbff85a12025-08-20T02:32:56ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-01151A study of Penang Peranakan HokkienBoon Seong Teoh0Beng Soon Lim1Liang Hye Lee2Singapore Management University, SingaporeNational Institute of Education, SingaporeNational Institute of Education, Singapore This paper attempts to classify the loan words in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, a creole variety of Hokkien, according to classifications as objects and formal grammatical categories. The study is based on a word list of about 400 Malay words taken from a Penang Peranakan family and commonly found in this variety. The paper concludes with some observations of current trends in Penang Peranakan Hokkien. https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3992
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