ISSN: 2222-6990
Open access
The aim of the study is to explore the ambiguity that occurs through the use of Malay Language Personal Pronouns (PP) among foreign students. Hence, this study was carried out to identify and analyze ambiguity in the use of the reference personal noun 'We' among foreign students. This study is a field study and the study data was obtained using observation methods and interviews. Next, this PP usage data is recorded using a conversation recording tool. The location of this study is at the International Modern Arabic School, Putrajaya, Malaysia. A total of 24 samples were selected as respondents using non-probability sampling techniques. The findings found that there are several factors that cause the ambiguity of PP and the English translation of "we" also affect the understanding of foreign speakers.
Bustamam, M. M., & yusof, M. (2011). Kata Kerja Semelfavtives dalam bahasa Melayu: Satu Analisis Aktionsart. Jurnal Linguistik, 14,1-17.
Carroll, J. B. (1981). Twenty-five years of research on foreign Language aptitude. Dalam
K.C. Diller (ed.) Individual Differences and Universals in Language Learning Aptitude. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Dani, N. A. (2017). Asas Psikolinguistik. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Dawi, N. F., Zainon Hamzah, Z. A., & Hj. Mohd Kiram, N. (2019). ‘Aku’ dalam Norma Interpretasi Masyarakat di Lahad Datu, Sabah. MANU (Jurnal Pusat Penataran Ilmu & Bahasa), 30, 151-168.
Jaafar, S., & Haron, R. (2016). Kesilapan Bahasa Melayu dalam Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Universiti Kebangsaan Yunnan di Akademi Pengajian Melayu. Jurnal Melayu. 15(2).
Melalui http://ejournal.ukm.my/jmelayu/article/view/16179/5041
Jalaluddin, N. H. (1992). Ganti Nama Melayu Sarawak: Analisis Teori Linguistik. Vol 40, No.1, AKADEMIKA. 19-38. Melalui
http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/3518/2075
Johari, A., Jamilah, N., Beden, S., & Abdollah, N. (2018). Strategi Kesantunan Berbahasa untuk Penutur Asing. In Nuraihan Mat Daud (Ed.), Bahasa Melayu untuk Penutur Asing: Isu dalam Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Mahamod, Z., Jamaludin, S. R., & Hassan, H. (2019). Attitudes and Motivation towards Malay Language and the Level of Mastery among the Lower Secondary School Students in Pattani, Thailand. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9 (5), 604-618.
Piantadosi, S. T., Tily, H., & Gibson, E. (2012). The communicative function of ambiguity
in language. Cognition, 122(3), 280-291. Diakses melalui
https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/102465/Piantadosi%2C%20Tily %20%26%20Gibson%20Cognition%202012%20preprint.pdf?sequence=1&isAl lowed=y
Mat, T. N. N., & Ahmad, M. (2014). Perspektif Awal Kaedah Terjemahan dalam Pengajaran Bahasa Kedua. Prosiding Seminar Pengajaran & Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab, UnisZA: Fakulti Pengajian Islam.
In-Text Citation: (Kadir et al., 2022)
To Cite this Article: Kadir, F. R. A., Hamzah, Z. A. Z., Rodi, R. C., & Kamaruddin, R. (2022). Ambiguity on the Use of ‘Kami’ Personal Pronoun Among Foreign Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(4), 1201–1210.
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non0-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode