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Publication details [#60174]

Amaro, Vanessa. 2015. “We”, “They” and the Spaces In-Between: Hybridity in Intercultural Interactions between Portuguese and Chinese Residents in Macau. Multilingua 34 (3) : 293–318.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | foreign language proficiency | intercultural communication | language and culture | language use

Language as a subject

Chinese, Cantonese | Portuguese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This critical discourse analytic study examines how Portuguese immigrant residents in Macau negotiate their intercultural interactions with the Chinese host culture via hybrid cultural and linguistic spaces. Their dearth of Cantonese literacy constrains their integrational kind and level.