A user-friendly lexicon for both native speakers and learners of the Penang Hokkien language, this dictionary lists Hokkien words and terms, and their definitions in English, as well as literal translations, culture-specific terms and common phrases. It is the first comprehensively dictionary of Penang Hokkien and carries over 12,000 entries. The unique language of Penang Hokkien is spoken in the Northern States - Perlis, Kedah and Penang - and the east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia. Over a significant amount of time, the spoken Hokkien language has evolved and this new dictionary carefully captures the changes that have arisen. Apart from definitions in English, this dictionary offers a glossary of English words and their Penang Hokkien translations, as well as explanations and examples on how words or phrases are used. This lexicon is suitable for both natural speakers of Penang Hokkien and those who wish to be more familiar with the language.

Malaysian English: Language Contact and Change is a corpus-based study of contemporary Malaysian English. Based on linguistic features extracted from the Malaysian English Newspaper Corpus, this study demonstrates the diverse ways in which Malaysian English has changed as a result of contact with Malay and Chinese languages. The interactions between groups of speakers who are dominant in English and those who are dominant in Malay or Chinese have resulted in wide-ranging changes in Malaysian English. Multilingual individuals who juggle several languages in their daily communications have also shaped the structure of this variety. This volume suggests that variation and change in Malaysian English are the results of both the communal acquisition and the maintenance of English by a multilingual community.