Interculturalities as identity constructions

What is it about?

This article reframes identities as interculturalities according to the ways in which they are produced within local contexts of interaction in Malaysia through multiple forms of language use. It relies on a framework of analysis (Nair-Venugopal 2003) that was developed to reconceptualize culture in intercultural communication.

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Why is it important?

The construction of identities, as interculturalities, within different contexts of language use in the intercultural encounters of the culturally diverse plural society of Malaysia, represents emergent avenues for cross and intercultural adaptation that contribute to the evolving discourse on 'Bangsa Malaysia' or national identity.