Title: Language Use and Linguistic Landscapes among Cambodia Muslims: Reflections from the field
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Badenoch, Associate Professor, Hakubi Project, Kyoto University
Date: April 18th (Mon.), 2011, 12:00-13:00
Place: Middle sized meeting room (Rm.332), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University
Abstract:
Muslims are a diverse and dynamic minority group in Cambodia. In addition to the local ethnic, historical and doctrinal differences that exist among Cambodian Muslims, they are linking up with regional and global networks in different ways. To do this, people are using Malay, Thai, Arabic and other languages, in both spoken and written form, in addition to the Khmer and Cham languages used locally. In this talk we
will discuss our observations and reflections from a field trip to explore how language expresses linkages within multilayered networks. The talk is structured around a discussion of two elements of language: spoken/written language use in daily life, and the linguistic landscape of Muslim spaces.