Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language

A Comparative Study of Language Shift and Maintenance Across National Borders

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages
Cover of the book Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language by Picus Sizhi Ding, Springer Singapore
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Author: Picus Sizhi Ding ISBN: 9789812875945
Publisher: Springer Singapore Publication: November 17, 2015
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Picus Sizhi Ding
ISBN: 9789812875945
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Publication: November 17, 2015
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

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.

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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.

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