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- Connotative Language; Beauty Advertising; Beauty Stereotypes; Malaysian Society; Lexical Analysis (1)
- Jiyun; Chinese Characters; Etymology; Semantics; Phonology; Chinese Lexicography; Variant Character Forms (1)
- Language Acquisition; Language Development; Malay-Speaking Children; Malay Syntax; Malay Semantics (1)
- Machine translation; Translation process; Relevance theory; Contextual interpretation; Cognitive translation studies (1)
- Malay Language Syntax; Case Grammar Theory; Verb Phrases; Linguistic Analysis; Bahasa Malaysia Linguistics (1)
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- Malay Lexicography; COBUILD Definition Approach; Corpus-Based Dictionary; Concordance Analysis; Collocation Study; Kamus Dewan; Corpus Linguistics; Lexicographic Definition Practice (1)
- Malay discourse; Cohesion and coherence; Classical and modern texts; Halliday and Hasan cohesion model; Language comprehension (1)
- Reduplication Forms Analysis; Malay Lexicography; Monolingual Dictionary Comparison; Semantic Meaning Description; Lexical and Grammatical Meanings (1)
- Scientific Terminology; Biological Terminology; Diachronic Linguistics; Morphological Change; Semantic Change; Language Change; Malay Language (1)
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Full-Text Articles in Semantics and Pragmatics
Machine Translation From The Perspective Of Relevance Theory : An Evaluative Study, Yvonne Hwee Hong Yeo
Machine Translation From The Perspective Of Relevance Theory : An Evaluative Study, Yvonne Hwee Hong Yeo
Student Works (2000-2009)
This study evaluates the efficacy of machine translation (MT) in domains where MT is not conventionally used, that is, in non-technical domains where the subject matters involve human, social and/or societal phenomena. The ultimate purpose of this endeavor is to assess the capacity of MT in dealing with the phenomenon of 'context' as well as utterance interpretation. The evaluation endeavor is twofold, consisting of evaluation of MT product and evaluation of MT process, with the latter being the main focus. Such evaluation is carried out through comparison between human translation corpora (HT product) and machine translation corpora (MT product). This …
Analisis Tautan Dan Runtutan Dalam Teks Klasik Dan Moden, Hasnah Mat Adnan
Analisis Tautan Dan Runtutan Dalam Teks Klasik Dan Moden, Hasnah Mat Adnan
Student Works (2000-2009)
Research in this field has touched beyond grammatical barrier, which is specification of traditional about Malay discourse and modern type. The to two main aspects, being the base of text, which are cohesion and coherence will be the main focus in this investigation. One who investigates the aspect of cohesion without studying the aspect of coherence in a discourse is not complete as both are linked to one another. Although both are different concepts, they are revealing continuous interplay at the level of textual structure. Cohesion, being the form and coherence as the function of meaning should not be ignored …
Stereotypes In The Language Of Beauty Product Advertisements, J.R. Shanmugam
Stereotypes In The Language Of Beauty Product Advertisements, J.R. Shanmugam
Student Works (2000-2009)
This study focuses on the connotative language used in printed facial and slimming advertisements, which may be adhering to any common stereotypes of tile ideal Malaysian beauty in terms of complexion and figure or body weight. It was found that beauty product advertisements do convey a stereotypical beauty to the potential consumer. This so-called ideal beauty has a fair and youthful-looking complexion and a slim figure However, this stereotypical beauty is only implied subtly through the advertisement The research methodology has been carried out in 4 stages Stage 1 consisted of mere extraction of words from the advertisements Stage 2 …
Kajian Diakronik Penterjemahan Istilah Biologi : Satu Analisis Morfologi Semantik, Hasnah Mohamad
Kajian Diakronik Penterjemahan Istilah Biologi : Satu Analisis Morfologi Semantik, Hasnah Mohamad
Student Works (2000-2009)
This is a diachronic study of scientific terminology, which discusses changes in biological terminology after 20 years. Changes are viewed from the morphological and semantic aspects and the relationship between them. The research also determines the existence of specific patterns of linguistic change and whether they have differences in the variety of language form used in the two different time periods. A text analysis approach is used and the study is limited to written material as it is well documented and easier to obtain. Data was collected from, b:tilah Kajihayat, Perhul
Pemerolehan Dan Penguasaan Bahasa Di Kalangan Kanak-Kanak, Noor Azmira Mohamed
Pemerolehan Dan Penguasaan Bahasa Di Kalangan Kanak-Kanak, Noor Azmira Mohamed
Student Works (2000-2009)
Kajian dilakukan untuk melihat tahap pemerolehan dan penguasaan bahasa di kalangan kanak-kanak yang berusia 2.6 tahun dan 3.7 tahun berdasarkan analisis am, analisis sintaksis dan semantik bahasa Melayu. Kedua-dua sampel merupakan kanak-kanak Melayu yang mempunyai latar belakang bahasa yang sama iaitu dilahirkan dan dibesarkan di Kelantan. Oleh itu bahasa pertama kedua-dua mereka ialah bahasa Melayu dialek Kelantan. Oleh kerana kedua-dua sampel yang dipilih terdiri daripada kanak-kanak Melayu yang dibesarkan dalam masyarakat Melayu dan menggunakan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa pertama dalam sebarang bentuk perhubungan, maka analisis bagi melihat tahap pemerolehan dan penguasaan bahasa di kalangan mereka juga akan dilakukan berdasarkan aspek-aspek …
Pengendalian Kata Ganda Dalam Kamus Dewan Dan Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia : Satu Kajian Perbandingan, Ibrahim Ahmad
Pengendalian Kata Ganda Dalam Kamus Dewan Dan Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia : Satu Kajian Perbandingan, Ibrahim Ahmad
Student Works (2000-2009)
This descriptive comparative study is to find out the similarities and differences in the use of reduplication forms in KD and KBBI. The intertext approach in this study chooses KD and KBBJ as they are regarded as the most authoritative and renowned monolingual dictionaries which becomes a main source of references for vocabulary and linguistic inputs. This study is focused on two major aspects, namely the entry status and the meaning description. The entry status deals with the status of the reduplication forms in the dictionary either as a lemma, sublemma, precategories form. phrase, variant, polysemy, or cross-reference. This also …
Analisis Ayat Berpredikat Frasa Kerja : Satu Pendekatan Tata Bahasa Kasus, Samsur Rijal Yahaya
Analisis Ayat Berpredikat Frasa Kerja : Satu Pendekatan Tata Bahasa Kasus, Samsur Rijal Yahaya
Student Works (2000-2009)
Disertasi ini mengungkapkan struktur ayat berfrasa kerja dalam bahasa Malaysia. Untuk menjabarkannya, digunakan Teori Tata Bahasa Kasus yang dipelopori oleh Charles Fillmore. Penelitian ini menggunakan data yang dikumpulkan dari sebuah novel iaitu Menrouw Toga yang ditulis oleh Sasterawan Negara Arena Wati. Penulis mengumpulkan data melalui metode catatan tentang satuan tematis. Pada tahap analisis data, telah digunakan metode distribusional dengan teknik substitu si, delesi, dan ekspansi. Kemudian metode distribusional ini digabungkan pula dengan teknik lmmideate Constituens (ICs). lmplikasi dan pengaplikasian Teori Tata Bahasa Kasus ini, suatu ayat terdiri atas proposisi. Proposisi terbahagi kepada Verba dan Argumen-argumennya. Argumen-argumen inilah yang diberi label …
A Study Of The Variant Forms Of Chinese Characters In Jiyun, Lye Hin Lee
A Study Of The Variant Forms Of Chinese Characters In Jiyun, Lye Hin Lee
Student Works (2000-2009)
This thesis attempts to give an initial etymological, semantics and phonological analysis of the variant forms of the Chinese characters found in a phonology lexicon, Jiyun. The focus of this study is on the comparison among the above-mentioned variant forms and the relevant scripts listed in the ancient Chinese etymological and phonological works, namely, Erya (EY), Shuowen Jiezi (SW), Fangyan (FY), Guangya (GYa), Yupian (YP), Longkan shuojing (LKSJ), Guangyun (GY) and other classical literary works. In the introduction, a brief elaboration of JY with its praises and disparages by the scholars through the ages is given, followed by the scope …
Perkamusan Melayu : Sumbangan Data Korpus Berkomputer, Norliza Haji Jamaluddin
Perkamusan Melayu : Sumbangan Data Korpus Berkomputer, Norliza Haji Jamaluddin
Student Works (2000-2009)
This study is on the definition aspect in Malay lexicography with the focus on kamus Melayu Inqqeris Dewan. The definition aspect being discussed in this thesis is on the way the definition is done based on the COBUILD definition practice. The elaboration of every word entry is based on the analysis of the computer corpus data. There are six chapters in this thesis . The first chapter provides the background of the study, the objectives, scope and methodology. Chapter II is on the lexicographic convention and definition practice by the COBUILD and kamus Dewan projects. Chapter III presents the computer …