The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names

In Malaysia,Chinese dishes are served in most Chinese wedding. The name of dishes is a continuation of practice in China in terms of structure and element. The wedding dishes still retain the tradition to improvise 1-5 elements side by side. Apart from cooking method in the form of verbs,the other m...

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Main Authors: Ang, Lay Hoon, Ng, Man Ling, Lam, Kai Chee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bagui Overseas Chinese 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/1/The%20linguistics%20structure%20and%20implication%20of%20Chinese%20Malaysian%20wedding%20dish%20names.pdf
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description In Malaysia,Chinese dishes are served in most Chinese wedding. The name of dishes is a continuation of practice in China in terms of structure and element. The wedding dishes still retain the tradition to improvise 1-5 elements side by side. Apart from cooking method in the form of verbs,the other mostly nouns. Wedding dishes also take into account the ethnic and cultural psychology,exhibit extreme richness,happiness and auspicious meaning. Most dishes consist of 4-13 words,formed by using actual or virtual elements or combining both.The diversity of names reflects the high requirement of Chinese people to language use in wedding.
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spelling upm-530442017-11-16T08:38:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/ The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names Ang, Lay Hoon Ng, Man Ling Lam, Kai Chee In Malaysia,Chinese dishes are served in most Chinese wedding. The name of dishes is a continuation of practice in China in terms of structure and element. The wedding dishes still retain the tradition to improvise 1-5 elements side by side. Apart from cooking method in the form of verbs,the other mostly nouns. Wedding dishes also take into account the ethnic and cultural psychology,exhibit extreme richness,happiness and auspicious meaning. Most dishes consist of 4-13 words,formed by using actual or virtual elements or combining both.The diversity of names reflects the high requirement of Chinese people to language use in wedding. Bagui Overseas Chinese 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/1/The%20linguistics%20structure%20and%20implication%20of%20Chinese%20Malaysian%20wedding%20dish%20names.pdf Ang, Lay Hoon and Ng, Man Ling and Lam, Kai Chee (2016) The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names. Overseas Chinese Journal of Bagui (2). pp. 28-39. ISSN 1002-3925
spellingShingle Ang, Lay Hoon
Ng, Man Ling
Lam, Kai Chee
The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title_full The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title_fullStr The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title_full_unstemmed The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title_short The linguistics structure and implication of Chinese Malaysian wedding dish names
title_sort linguistics structure and implication of chinese malaysian wedding dish names
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53044/1/The%20linguistics%20structure%20and%20implication%20of%20Chinese%20Malaysian%20wedding%20dish%20names.pdf