Publications

Publication details [#53344]

Wang, Xiaomei. 2010. The sociolinguistic realignment in the Chinese community in Kuala Lumpur: past, present and future. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 31 (5) : 479–489.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language use | multilingualism | sociolinguistics | speech community

Language as a subject

Chinese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study uses sociolinguistic realignment theory to discuss the past, current and future (triglossic) language situation within the Malaysian Chinese community of Kuala Lumpur.