Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language

Picus Sizhi Ding

ISBN 10: 981287593X / ISBN 13: 9789812875938

Published by Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2015, 2015

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents multilingualism as a social phenomenon, which arises when speakers of a different language move to a new society and learn to speak the dominant language of the society. It offers case studies of Hokkien migrating families when they encounter new languages in Burma, Macao and San Francisco, showing how a family changes across generations from monolingual to bilingual/multilingual and back to monolingual. In the process language shift occurs as a result of transitional bilingualism. The dynamic status of Hokkien is also attested at the societal level in Singapore, Taiwan and south Fujian, the homeland of Hokkien. 124 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language
• Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981287593X
• ISBN 13: 9789812875938
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 8D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 201 grams

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This book presents multilingualism as a social phenomenon, which arises when speakers of a different language move to a new society and learn to speak the dominant language of the society. It offers case studies of Hokkien migrating families when they encounter new languages in Burma, Macao and San Francisco, showing how a family changes across generations from monolingual to bilingual/multilingual and back to monolingual. In the process language shift occurs as a result of transitional bilingualism. The dynamic status of Hokkien is also attested at the societal level in Singapore, Taiwan and south Fujian, the homeland of Hokkien.