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'It shapes how we speak.' Digital Standards and the Possible Struggle for Linguistic Identity in Cambodian University Students

16 May 2026, Version 1
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This content is an early or alternative research output and has not been peer-reviewed by Cambridge University Press at the time of posting.

Abstract

A nearly two-year study examining how Cambodian university students use English and translanguaging practices in digital spaces reveals emerging hybrid linguistic patterns associated with identity negotiation and communication. Drawing on this research, the study explores how AI-powered writing tools may increasingly shape how these language practices are expressed, evaluated, and recognized within English-medium higher education.

Keywords

Cambodian English
Cambodia
World Englishes
Englishes
Sociolinguistics
Translanguaging
Linguistic Relativity
Transitional Cambodian English

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May 16, 2026 Version 1

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DOI

10.33774/coe-2026-bj1q2
D O I: 10.33774/coe-2026-bj1q2 [opens in a new tab]

Funding

American University of Phnom Penh

Author’s competing interest statement

The researcher is employed by one of the universities from which student participants were recruited for this study.

Ethics

The author(s) declare that they have sought and gained approval from the relevant ethics committee/IRB for this research and its publication.

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