The role of language in the construction of Chinese ethnicity in Malaysia, Singapore, and China

• Main Author: Wong, Kevin Zi Hao
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Language policy; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Bilingualism::Singapore; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Multilingualism
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66455
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Existing studies find that Chinese Malaysians, Chinese Singaporeans, and Mainland Chinese are presently undergoing changes in their language use and language attitudes. However, these findings are often inconclusive, or leave unanswered questions about what these changes mean for the construction of...