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Publication details [#35789]

McGregor, Graham and Wei Li. 1991. Chinese or English? Language choice amongst Chinese students in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 12 (6) : 493–509.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnolinguistics | language choice | minority language | sociolinguistics | student

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses the complex ethnolinguistic background of the Chinese population in Britain and evaluates some findings on Chinese students' language choice in the context of broader sociolinguistic issues Chinese have to deal with when adapting to life in Britain.