Chinese vendors’ code-switching in service encounters in Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lau, Yih-Long, Ting, Su Hie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah Press 2003
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17471/1/Chinese%20vendors%E2%80%99%20code-switching%20in%20service%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17471/; https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/SS/article/view/16258
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The study examined the language of service encounters in a bakery operated by Chinese vendors in a Foochow-dominant town in Malaysia. Naturally occurring data of 100 service encounters were digitally recorded (83 with Chinese customers and 17 with non-Chinese customers). In intraethnic interactions,...