The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature

Being a continuation of entity, the Chinese literature in Singapore and Malaysia are similar to the Chinese literature in China and yet may differ in some aspects. This paper focus on the lexical difference in terms of the usage of Chinese dialects and local languages, such as Malay language and Eng...

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Main Authors: Ang, Lay Hoon, Tan, Ming Swee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27901/
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description Being a continuation of entity, the Chinese literature in Singapore and Malaysia are similar to the Chinese literature in China and yet may differ in some aspects. This paper focus on the lexical difference in terms of the usage of Chinese dialects and local languages, such as Malay language and English language, found in Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese fiction. The data were collected from literary works compiled by FangXiu in Malayan Chinese New Literature (1919-1942) Fiction Collection I & II (Book III & IV). The terms of five main local languages could be identified, namely Cantonese, Minnan, local Chinese language, Malay and English. The dialectal and local vocabularies used in fictions formed a unique characteristic of Chinese fictions in Malaysia and Singapore which is different from Chinese fictions in other parts of the world.
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spelling upm-279012015-11-26T02:44:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27901/ The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature Ang, Lay Hoon Tan, Ming Swee Being a continuation of entity, the Chinese literature in Singapore and Malaysia are similar to the Chinese literature in China and yet may differ in some aspects. This paper focus on the lexical difference in terms of the usage of Chinese dialects and local languages, such as Malay language and English language, found in Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese fiction. The data were collected from literary works compiled by FangXiu in Malayan Chinese New Literature (1919-1942) Fiction Collection I & II (Book III & IV). The terms of five main local languages could be identified, namely Cantonese, Minnan, local Chinese language, Malay and English. The dialectal and local vocabularies used in fictions formed a unique characteristic of Chinese fictions in Malaysia and Singapore which is different from Chinese fictions in other parts of the world. 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27901/1/The%20Local%20Terms%20in%20the%20Pre%20War%20Novel%20of%20the%20MCA.pdf Ang, Lay Hoon and Tan, Ming Swee (2013) The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature. Overseas Chinese Journal of Bagui, 102 (2). pp. 54-60. ISSN 1002-3925
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Tan, Ming Swee
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title The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature
title_full The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature
title_fullStr The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature
title_full_unstemmed The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature
title_short The local terms in the pre war novel of the MCA's new literature
title_sort local terms in the pre war novel of the mca's new literature
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27901/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27901/1/The%20Local%20Terms%20in%20the%20Pre%20War%20Novel%20of%20the%20MCA.pdf