Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide

Abstract

1. Transnational Connections and Multilingual Realities: The Chinese diasporic experience in a global context Li Wei Part I: Emerging Diaspora, Emerging Identities 2. Globalization Off the Beaten Track-Chinese Migration to South Africa's Rural Towns Ana Deumert and Nkululeko Mabandla 3. Polycentric Repertoires: Constructing Dutch-Chinese Youth Identities in the Classroom and Online Jinling Li and Kasper Juffermans 4. Sojourner Tongues: Language Practices among the Chinese of Cairo Wang Jie Part II: Changing Times, Changing Languages 5. The Dungans of Kazakhstan: Old minority in a new nation-state Juldyz Smagulova 6. Chinese-Spanish Contact in Cuba in the 19th Century J. Clancy Clements 7. Shifting identities, shifting practices: The Chinese-speaking communities in Suriname Paul Brendan Tjon Sie Fat 8. Multilingualism and the West Kalimantan Hakka Josh Stenberg 9. Being Chinese Again: Learning Mandarin in post-Suharto Indonesia Charlotte Setijadi Part III: Transnational Communities, Cultural Mediators 10. Multilingualism in the Chinese community in Japan John C. Maher 11. From monolingualism to multilingualism: The linguistic landscape in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown Wang Xiaomei, Koh Yi Chern, Patricia Nora Riget, and Supramani Shoniah 12. Grandmother's tongue: decline of Teochew language in Singapore Lee Cher Leng 13. Multilingual mediators: The (continuing) role of the Peranakans in the contact dynamics of Singapore Lisa Lim Part IV: Transnational Families, Transcultural Living 14. The transnational journey of an Indonesian Chinese couple in Hong Kong: the story of one family, three places, and multiple languages Katherine Hoi Ying Chen 15. Family Language Policy in the Chinese Community in Singapore: A Question of Balance? Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen 16. Language Maintenance in the Chinese Diaspora in Australia Linda Tsung 17. Across Generations and Geographies: Communication in Chinese Heritage Language Speaking Households Agnes Weiyun He