From Pre-Modern to Modern: Ethnic Classification by Language and the Case of the Ngai/Nung of Vietnam.

Hutton, Christopher

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Publication Date: 1998

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From Pre-Modern to Modern: Ethnic Classification by Language and the Case of the Ngai/Nung of Vietnam.

Hutton, Christopher

Language & Communication, v18 n2 p125-32 Apr 1998

Discusses problems in the classification of ethnic groups by language, focusing on the case of a marginal Chinese group from northeast Vietnam and the shifting of ethnic identity according to geographic location. Influences of colonialism and nationalist feeling in this dilemma are examined. (MSE)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Chinese, Classification, Colonialism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Role, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Migration, Nationalism, Social Influences, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam

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