The dynamics of contacts and multilingual practices in the Chinese community in Britain

IF 0.5 Q4 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Pub Date : 2020-11-20 DOI:10.1075/japc.00068.li

Wei Li

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Abstract

This article revisits the application of Social Network Analysis to the study of language maintenance and language shift in the Chinese community in Britain. An approach that focuses more on individual variations, including variable behaviours by the same speaker in different contexts, is proposed. The approach is illustrated with new data from Chinese-speaking families in London. The role of the social media in language maintenance and language shift, and in promoting multilingual practices is explored.

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英国华人社区的交往动态和多语言实践

本文回顾了社会网络分析在英国华人社区语言维护和语言转换研究中的应用。提出了一种更关注个体差异的方法，包括同一说话者在不同背景下的可变行为。来自伦敦汉语家庭的最新数据说明了这种方法。探讨了社交媒体在语言维护和语言转变以及促进多语言实践方面的作用。

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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication COMMUNICATION-

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1.40

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language and communication studies in the Asian Pacific. Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific.