An analysis of the language shift in the mother tongue of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia

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An analysis of the language shift in the mother tongue of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia

Based on the statistics and data collected in a field study, this paper provides a report on the variety and amount of the mother tongue acquired by the same Chinese families over three generations, whose origins are of Fujian, Guangdong, Hakka, Chaozhou and Hainan respectively. The finding confirms...

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Main Author:	Ang, Lay Hoon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13012/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13012/1/An%20analysis%20of%20the%20language%20shift%20in%20the%20mother%20tongue%20of%20the%20ethnic%20Chinese%20in%20Malaysia.pdf

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