Measuring Communicativity in Multilingual Societies: The Cases of Singapore and West Malaysia.

Kuo, Eddie C. Y.

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Measuring Communicativity in Multilingual Societies: The Cases of Singapore and West Malaysia.

Kuo, Eddie C. Y.

Anthropological Linguistics, v21 n7 p328-40 Oct 1979

A communicativity index (Index I) is described that measures the potential communication function performed by a given language in a designated communication situation. Significant sociolinguistic contrasts between the language situations of West Malaysia and Singapore are revealed by applying this index. (PMJ)

Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation, Malay, Multilingualism, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Probability, Socioeconomic Influences, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Urban Language

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia; Singapore

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