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- Title
- Early Signs of Language Shifting Among Recent Chinese Immigrants in New Zealand
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- Auckland University of Technology
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- Description
Recently, learning Chinese as foreign language (CFL) is becoming more and more popular around the world. However, promoting Mandarin among tens of millions of overseas Chinese has not been given enough attention. Research shows that language shift happens within three generations with minority immigrants (Fishman, 1991). Yet, less attention has been paid to how this process has actually happened. Based on the observation and monthly recorded data from eight families in Auckland, it has been f...
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- Research paper
- Research format
- Journal article
- Date created
- 2008
- Creator
- Yu, S
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- https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/3100
- Related subjects
- Code switching / Mother tongue loss / Language shift / 关键词 / 语码转换 / 母语丧失 / 语言更替
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