Communication in a close-knit extended Hakka family in Kuching, Sarawak : Mandarin or Hakka?

• Main Authors: Ting, Su Hie, Chang, Y. S.
• 格式: Proceeding
• 語言: English
• 出版: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2008
• 主題: AC Collections. Series. Collected works; P Philology. Linguistics
• 在線閱讀: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/721/7/Communication%20in.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/721/

Many language shift and maintenance studies have shown that there is a shift away from the ethnic language towards more socially and economically viable languages in the family domain. This study investigates the language use of an extended Hakka family to find out whether the close-knit relationsh...