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Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family: Language Choice and Language Shift in a Chinese Community in Britain (Multilingual Matters)

By Li Wei

Book information

Publisher
Ltd., Multilingual Matters
Year
1994
ISBN
1853592404, 1853592412, 9781853592416, 9780585165882, 9781853592409
LCC
PL1740.G7 W45 1994
Open Library ID
OL1086052M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1008 kB (1031756 bytes)
Pages
233\233
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This book offers a sociolinguistic study of the Chinese community in Britain. It focuses on generational changes in language choice and code-switching patterns of Chinese immigrant families. The "social network" model developed in the study is intended to account for the relationship between community norms of language use and conversational strategies of individual speakers, and for the relation of both to the broader social, economic and political context.

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