Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multilingual country. The special multi-historical background and the diversity of internal dialects in Malaysian Chinese society contributed to Malaysia unique multi-lingual environment. The main languages used in Malaysia are Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil. Due to the different language contact for a long time, a multilingual hybrid mixed type of language had been formed, and a unique landscape of language has established. This study was carried out based on the theories in the field of sociolinguistics. Using the method of questionnaire in a survey, investigated the language usage and language attitude of the Malaysian young Chinese in Rawang, Selangor. First, this thesis begins from the concept of language attitude, explains the value of the research, and the main methods of language attitude was briefly introduced. Second, a review into the domestic and foreign scholars' research on the phenomenon of language attitudes and related .....

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