The relationship between the economic value and symbolic value of Mandarin among youths in Singapore

• Main Author: Huang, Ruijie
• Other Authors: Genaro Castro Vazquez
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62404
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper seeks to identify the relationship between the economic value and symbolic value of Mandarin among youths in Singapore. Studies have shown that the standards of Mandarin appear to be falling in Singapore. In an attempt to counter this issue, researchers have shown that there has been an i...