Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words

Utoh Joehann, Nathiqa Azira and Abu Din, Durah Jasmin and Rahim, Nur Atiqah and Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa (2016) Investigating Mat Rempit's linguistic identity: assigning new meanings to standard Malay words. International Young Scholars Journal of Language (IYSJL), 1 (1). pp. 52-61. ISSN 0128-2573

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Abstract

This study looks at the different sets of words used by the local Mat Rempit community in Malaysia to construct and signal their own unique subcultural identity. These sets of words are often borrowed from the standard Malay language. New meanings or senses have been assigned to these words as a result of this phenomenon. The Mat Rempit's linguistic practice of maintaining some borrowed words classes and changing others also creates a novel word and idiom. Data were collected from the Malaysian action films Rem-it (2006) and Bohsia: Jangan Pilih Jalan Hitam (2009) which deal with the subject matter of Mat Rempit.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7447/67856
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mat Rempit; Subculture; Linguistic features;
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania > PL5101 Malay
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management
Depositing User:	FARRAH DIEBAA RASHID ALI
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2018 16:08
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2018 16:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/67856

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