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Zhao, Hui; Liu, Hong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Despite having numerous Chinese language varieties and non-Chinese ethnic minority languages, China is often considered a monolingual nation (Liang, Sihua. 2015. "Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China: A Linguistic Ethnography." London: Springer, 154). The country's strong monolingual language policy heavily promotes a…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Mandarin Chinese, Social Media, Language Attitudes
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Reershemius, Gertrud – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This article analyses how speakers of an autochthonous heritage language (AHL) make use of digital media, through the example of Low German, a regional language used by a decreasing number of speakers mainly in northern Germany. The focus of the analysis is on Web 2.0 and its interactive potential for individual speakers. The study therefore…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, German, Language Variation
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Goh, Robbie B. H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Singlish -- "the name given to the colloquial variety of English spoken in Singapore" [Wee, Lionel. 2014. "Linguistic Chutzpah and the Speak Good Singlish Movement." "World Englishes" 33 (1): 85-99], incorporating Chinese dialect (particularly Hokkien) and Malay lexical and grammatical elements -- has for some time…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Cultural Pluralism