EAN: 9789812875938

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN LINGUISTICS SOUTHERN MIN (H...

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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