Publications

Publication details [#56395]

Lu, Hai and Fanglan Li. 2012. Contact-induced change in status planning: a case study of Zhuang Putonghua. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 215 : 19–40.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language attitude | language contact | language dominance | language mixing | language use

Language as a subject

Putonghua | Zhuang

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

Given enhanced contact with the Zhuang language since the beginning of the 1990s, Putonghua spoken by Zhuang people contains distinctive features of their mother tongue. This paper explores how Zhuang affects Zhuang Putonghua's phonological, lexical and grammatical characteristics in Chengxiang Town.