Language Shift in a Singapore Family.

Gupta, Anthea Fraser; Yeok, Siew Pui

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ERIC Number: EJ516294

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Publication Date: 1995

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Language Shift in a Singapore Family.

Gupta, Anthea Fraser; Yeok, Siew Pui

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v16 n4 p301-14 1995

Discusses the major language shift in Singapore from the familial use of varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin towards the languages of education, English and Mandarin. An ethnographic study is presented of a Singaporean Chinese family that has moved from Cantonese to English, and the underlying pressures leading to this shift are examined. (19 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Cantonese, Code Switching (Language), Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Ethnography, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Mandarin Chinese

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Singapore

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