Pulse of a Malaysian University : Ethno- and

The Pulse of a Malaysian University discloses the research agendas of language scholars at a Southeast-Asian university, allowing western readers to gain deeper knowledge of an Asian perspective on language issues. In Part A, five authors address d

A General Introduction	p. 1
Ethno- and Socio-Linguistic Issues: An Asian Perspective
The Oration of the Minangkabau Pasambahan: An Ethno-Linguistic Study	p. 11
Responding to the Terrorism Threat: Coverage of the US-Led Anti-Terror Campaign in Pro-Government and Islamic-Based Opposition Newspapers in Malaysia	p. 23
Power and Politeness in Negotiation Discourse	p. 37
The Communicative Sensitivity of Bilingual Societies: Are Malaysia's Globalizing Tendencies Compatible with Her Multicultural Environment?	p. 69
'Foreign' Languages in the New Wor(l)d Order: Whither Linguistic Symbiosis?	p. 77
The Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages: Malaysian's Second Language Dimension
The Acquisition of Gender, Number and Case in English Personal Pronouns	p. 101
Reading Attitude and University Students - A Pilot Study	p. 121
A Survey Study on Writing Needs and Writing Support at Universiti	p. 131
The Writing of Research Articles: How Do Native and Non-Native Writers Differ in the Use of Hedges?	p. 163
Gender in Literary Texts: How To Capture Its Symbolism	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 191
List of Contributors	p. 199
Index	p. 205
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Pulse of a Malaysian University : Ethno- and Sociolinguistic Issues and the TESOL Dimension at Universiti Putra Malaysia

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