University of Malaya

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with University of Malaya*

Title

English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use

Edited by Ee-Ling Low & Azirah Hashim

Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[Varieties of English Around the World, G42] 2012. xiv, 394 pp. | edited volume

Hashim, Azirah 2026 Epilogue

Keywords: AILA | 60th anniversary | applied linguistics | linguistic diversity | SDGs | AILA 2023 | AILA 2024

In: 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research, Miras, Grégory, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc & Shona Whyte (eds.) [AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 22] pp. 189–191 | open access

Tham Wei Hui, Deniss, Ali Jalalian Daghigh & Yuezeng Niu 2026 A reception study on the impact of visual elements and translation strategies on viewers’ comprehension of culture-specific items in Malay-subtitled Chinese movies

Keywords: multimodality | interlingual subtitles | Chinese culture-specific items | comprehension | Malay viewers | multimodalité | sous-titres interlinguistiques | éléments culturels spécifiques chinois | compréhension | public malais

FORUM 24:1 pp. 109–137 | article

Patah, Salihah binti Ab, Norliza Jamaluddin & Ng Chong Guan 2026 Metaphors of depression in Malay discourse: A cultural and affective analysis of clinical narratives

Keywords: metaphor | depression | Malay discourse | cultural linguistics | mental health communication

Metaphor and the Social World | Online First Publication, 26 pp. | article

Fang, Lei & R. K. Shangeetha 2026 One country, many languages: Exploring the linguistic landscape of shop signage in Singapore’s Chinatown

Keywords: linguistic landscape | shop signage | Singapore | Chinatown | multilingualism

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication | Online First Publication, 26 pp. | article

Pillai, Stefanie & Siti Zaidah Zainuddin 2025 Top-down policies and the language profiles of Malaysians in a multilingual language ecology

Keywords: language ecology | language education | language policy | Malaysia | multilingualism

In: World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies, Siemund, Peter, Gardy Stein & Manuela Vida-Mannl (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 9] pp. 116–142 | open access

Looi, Jarvis, Patricia Nora Riget, Alex Boulton & Roshidah Hassan 2025 From theory to data: Testing introspective claims on synonymous French adjectives ‘prochain’ and ‘suivant’ using corpus-based methods

Keywords: French linguistics | adjectives of the third type | introspection | multiple correspondence analysis | binomial logistic regression

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics | Online First Publication, 39 pp. | article

Liu, Zexi, Teng Teng Yap, Malarvizhi Sinayah & Xinyu Zhang 2025 Streamer discourse density: Exploring top-data dominance in e-commerce live streaming

Keywords: E-commerce Live Streaming | E-commerce Live Streaming Discourse | Douyin | Streamer Discourse Density | 电商直播 | 电商直播话语 | 抖音 | 主播话语密度

Chinese Language and Discourse 16:2 pp. 344–372 | article

Zhang, Yue & Surinderpal Kaur 2024 Moral panic and (in)security: Hispanic and Latinx immigrants in the shadow of Trump and right-wing populism

Keywords: corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis | fear | Hispanic and Latinx immigrants | (in)security | moral panic | right-wing populism, Trump

Journal of Language and Politics 24:4 pp. 616–649 | article

Thongphut, Aonrumpa & Jagdish Kaur 2024 Multiple repair solutions in response to open class repair initiators (OCRIs) in next turn: The case of hospitality and tourism service encounters in English as a lingua franca (ELF)

Keywords: English as a lingua franca (ELF) | explicitness practices | hospitality and tourism | open class repair initiator (OCRI) | other-initiated self-repair | service encounters

Pragmatics 35:2 pp. 294–319 | article

Bahman, Masoumeh & Veronica Lowe 2024 Face attributes in interviews with Iranian politicians

Keywords: face | face-sensitivities | political interviews | attributes | relational face

Pragmatics and Society 16:3 pp. 401–420 | article

Ng, Bee Kee & Poh Shin Chiew 2024 Phonetic variation of initial stop consonants in Malaysian English

Keywords: Malaysian English | phonetic variation | initial stop consonants | voice onset time (VOT) | closure duration | voicing contrast | multilingualism

English World-Wide 45:3 pp. 367–407 | article

Niu, Yuezeng & Ali Jalalian Daghigh 2023 Review of Using Technologies for Creative-Text Translation edited by James Luke Hadley, Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov, Carlos S. C. Teixeira & Antonio Toral (2022)

Babel 71:2 pp. 267–270 | book review

Bell, Roger T. & Zubaidah Bell Ibrahim 2023 Reverse engineering: A fresh perspective on defining translation and remodeling the process

Keywords: reading | translation | reverse engineering | meaning | memory | 번역 | 역설계 | 의미 | 메모리 | 단계

InContext 3:1 pp. 49–73 | article | open access

Rasoulikolamaki, Sahar, Alena Zhdanava, Noor Aqsa Nabila Mat Isa, Mohd Nazriq Noor Ahmad & Surinderpal Kaur 2023 A meta-discursive analysis of engagement markers in QAnon anti-immigration comments

Keywords: QAnon | conspiracy theory | anti-immigration | Telegram | engagement markers | metadiscursive analysis

Journal of Language and Politics 22:6 pp. 894–917 | article | open access

Rasoulikolamaki, Sahar, Surinderpal Kaur & Neda Salahshour 2023 A multimodal analysis of (de)legitimation through argumentation in extremist discourse: The case of Dabiq

Keywords: argumentation | (de)legitimation | extremism | ISIS | multimodal argumentation | persuasion | topoi

Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 12:2 pp. 263–288 | article

Wang, Yu & Ali Jalalian Daghigh 2023 Cognitive effort in human translation and machine translation post-editing processes: A holistic and phased view

Keywords: machine translation | post-editing | cognitive effort | translation process | traduction automatique | post-édition | effort cognitif | processus de traduction

FORUM 21:1 pp. 139–162 | article

Coluzzi, Paolo 2022 How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language

Keywords: circumlocution | communication strategies | constructed languages | Esperanto | foreign/second language education | Toki Pona

Language Problems and Language Planning 46:1 pp. 78–98 | article

Yamaguchi, Toshiko 2022 Verbs of eating: From active zones, cultures, metonymy, and metaphor to withdrawal

Keywords: active zones | cultures | metonymy | metaphor | verbs of eating | withdrawal

In: The Language of Food in Japanese: Cognitive perspectives and beyond, Toratani, Kiyoko (ed.) [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 25] pp. 135–160

Shanmuganathan, Thilagavathi 2021 Cultural Conceptualization of Tamil Hindu Marriages

Keywords: marriage | Tamil Hindu thought | cultural conceptualizations | schemas | metaphors | community

International Journal of Language and Culture 8:2 pp. 323–345 | article

Coluzzi, Paolo, Lissander Brasca & Simona Scuri 2021 Revitalising contested languages: The case of Lombard

In: Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe, Tamburelli, Marco & Mauro Tosco (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 8] pp. 163–182

Aghbolagh, Nasser Salimi, Azirah Hashim & Cecilia Cheong Yin Mei 2021 A genre-based investigation of the “About Us” section of private hospitals’ websites

Keywords: medical tourism industry | private hospitals | The “About Us” section | ESP genre approach | verbal move analysis

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 34:1 p. 83 | article

Wang, Xiaomei, Jin Zhuo Lee & Yi Chern Koh 2020 Malaysia’s linguistic landscape and language practices in Chinese private clinics: Focus on the Klang Valley

Keywords: linguistic landscape | language practices | medical domain | Malaysia | Mandarin

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 30:1/2 pp. 60–89 | article

Varghese, Mary & Kamila Ghazali 2017 State contestations in constructions of 1Malaysia: Saying it different to different people

Keywords: 1Malaysia | inclusiveness | referential strategies | predicational strategies | Critical Discourse Analysis

Language Problems and Language Planning 41:1 pp. 46–65 | article

Symaco, Lorraine Pe 2017 Education, language policy and language use in the Philippines

Keywords: language policy | language practice | Philippines | English | mother tongue-based education | internationalisation | globalisation

Language Problems and Language Planning 41:1 p. 87 | article

Manan, Syed Abdul, Maya Khemlani David & Francisco Perlas Dumanig 2017 Ethnolinguistic dilemma and static maintenance syndrome: A study of language policies and language perceptions in Pakistan

Keywords: language policy and planning | indigenous mother tongues | Urdu & English | static maintenance syndrome | language-as-a-resource and language-as-a-problem

Language Problems and Language Planning 41:1 pp. 66–86 | article

David, Maya Khemlani, Mumtaz Ali & Gul Muhammad Baloch 2017 Language shift or maintenance: The case of the Sindhi language in Pakistan

Keywords: Sindhi language | language maintenance | language policy | cultural identity | ethno-linguistic vitality

Language Problems and Language Planning 41:1 pp. 26–45 | article

Mechraoui, Amal & Faridah Noor Binti Mohd Noor 2017 The direction giving pointing gestures of the Malay Malaysian speech community

Keywords: direction giving | pointing gestures | non-verbal behavior | Malay

Gesture 16:1 pp. 68–99 | article

Yamaguchi, Toshiko 2016 The rise of demonstrative-based first/second-person markers in the history of Japanese: A speaker subjectivity account

Keywords: speaker innovation | linguistic signs | Japanese | demonstrative-based person markers | the category of person

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 16:2 pp. 250–276 | article

Varghese, Mary & Kamila Ghazali 2014 Talking “race” through 1Malaysia in editorials: A critical discourse analysis

Keywords: 1Malaysia | national identity | ideology | critical discourse analysis | factuality | modality | referential strategies | predication

Journal of Language and Politics 13:3 pp. 453–472 | article

Hassan, Norizah, Azirah Hashim & Adriana Sufun Phillip 2012 Chapter 18. Language use in the construction of interpersonal relationships: Electronic English in Malaysia

In: English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use, Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G42] pp. 325–342

Low, Ee-Ling, Azirah Hashim, Ao Ran & Adriana Sufun Phillip 2012 Chapter 20. Works on English in Southeast Asia

In: English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use, Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G42] pp. 357–382

Hashim, Azirah & Rachel Siew Kuang Tan 2012 Chapter 3. Malaysian English

In: English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use, Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G42] pp. 55–74

Haji Omar, Asmah 2012 Chapter 9. Pragmatics of maintaining English in Malaysia’s education system

In: English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use, Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G42] pp. 155–174

Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim 2012 Introduction

In: English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use, Low, Ee-Ling & Azirah Hashim (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G42] pp. 1–12

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.