The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain
This paper investigates the spread of Mandarin in a Hakka community in Balik Pulau, Penang, focusing on religious domain. Data on language usage in Catholic families and at church were collected through interviews and observations. In total, ten Catholic Hakka families (one parent and one child from...
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| description | This paper investigates the spread of Mandarin in a Hakka community in Balik Pulau, Penang, focusing on religious domain. Data on language usage in Catholic families and at church were collected through interviews and observations. In total, ten Catholic Hakka families (one parent and one child from each family) were interviewed at their homes. Four senior church members and the priest from the Church
ofthe Holy Name of Jesus, Balik Pulau were also interviewed with regard to language practices in the church in the past and at present. The data indicates that the Hakka dialect is undergoing decline in these Catholic families as well as in the church. Mandarin is spreading its usage in religious domain in this Catholic community. The change of language use in religious domain is echoing the spread of Mandarin in the Chinese community in Malaysia, which may also be an impact of China on the Chinese overseas. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-138772015-09-22T00:11:39Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13877/ The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain Xiaomei, W. DS Asia This paper investigates the spread of Mandarin in a Hakka community in Balik Pulau, Penang, focusing on religious domain. Data on language usage in Catholic families and at church were collected through interviews and observations. In total, ten Catholic Hakka families (one parent and one child from each family) were interviewed at their homes. Four senior church members and the priest from the Church ofthe Holy Name of Jesus, Balik Pulau were also interviewed with regard to language practices in the church in the past and at present. The data indicates that the Hakka dialect is undergoing decline in these Catholic families as well as in the church. Mandarin is spreading its usage in religious domain in this Catholic community. The change of language use in religious domain is echoing the spread of Mandarin in the Chinese community in Malaysia, which may also be an impact of China on the Chinese overseas. 2015-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13877/1/0001.pdf Xiaomei, W. (2015) The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain. In: International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas 2015 Regional Conference, 28-31 May 2015, Seoul National University, Korea. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | DS Asia Xiaomei, W. The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain |
| title | The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain |
| title_full | The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain |
| title_short | The spread of Mandarin in a Malaysian Hakka community: Focus on religious domain |
| title_sort | spread of mandarin in a malaysian hakka community focus on religious domain |
| topic | DS Asia |
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