Language choice and language shift in a Chinese community in Britain
The Chinese are the third largest non-indigenous ethnic minority in Britain, but have hitherto figured little in sociolinguistic research. The aim of this thesis is to examine patterns of language choice by three generations of Chinese/English bilingual speakers in the Chinese community on Tyneside...
Main Author: | Li, Wei |
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1992
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332970 |
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