J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies
Vol 1 No 2 (2020): December

‘Me inda nampak’ – Pronoun Use in Malay-English Codemixed Social Media Texts

'Aqilah Aziz (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)

Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2020

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of English the first-person singular object pronoun ‘me’ as a subject in conversation on WhatsApp and Telegram between university students in their twenties. It was found that the feature occurs more when interlocutors are code switching, especially in paired chats when ‘me’ often replaces the Malay pronoun aku or saya. This paper explores reasons for this, and how this feature has come to be used in synchronous electronically mediated conversations between young Bruneians. The findings show that using ‘me’ serves as a polite speech marker which is perceived as a softer expression than Malay aku in conversations, depending on the interlocutors.

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J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies
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Abbrev

jes

Publisher

Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Subject

Arts Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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J-Lalite which is published twice a year (every June and December) is a double blind peer-reviewed publication consists of research-based and review articles, fresh ideas about language, literature, cultural studies which have never been published before. The journal covers all aspect relating to ...