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Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family: Language Choice and Language Shift in a Chinese Community in Britain

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Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family: Language Choice and Language Shift in a Chinese Community in Britain - Wei, Li
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In this first book-length study of the Chinese community in Britain, Dr Li Wei provides a detailed ethnography of communication in ten Chinese immigrant families in the North East of England. He focuses on generational changes in language choice preferences and code-switching strategies.

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Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family: Language Choice and Language Shift in a Chinese Community in Britain 1994, Multilingual Matters Limited, Clevedon

ISBN-13: 9781853592409

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