Sinophone Southeast Asia : Sinitic Voices Across the Southern Seas / Tom Hoogervorst and Caroline Chia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoogervorst, Tom, 1984- author.

Chia, Caroline, author.

Series:

Chinese overseas ; Volume 20.

Chinese Overseas Series ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Social aspects.

Chinese language.

Sociolinguistics.

Sociology.

Southeast Asia--Languages.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2021

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the diverse linguistic landscape of Southeast Asia's Chinese communities. Based on archival research and previously unpublished linguistic fieldwork, it unearths a wide variety of language histories, linguistic practices, and trajectories of words. The localized and often marginalized voices we bring to the spotlight are quickly disappearing in the wake of standardization and homogenization, yet they tell a story that is uniquely Southeast Asian in its rich hybridity. Our comparative scope and focus on language, analysed in tandem with history and culture, adds a refreshing dimension to the broader field of Sino-Southeast Asian Studies.

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Language

List of Illustrations and Tables

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 From Ang moh 紅毛 to Phi jun 批准: The Role of Southern Min in Early Contacts between Chinese and European Languages

Picus Sizhi Ding

2 At the Periphery of Nanyang: The Hakka Community of Timor-Leste

Juliette Huber

3 Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond

Joanna Rose McFarland

4 The Nature of Sinitic Lexicon in Bazaar Malay and Baba Malay in Singapore

Khin Khin Aye

5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak

Catherine Churchman

6 A Preliminary Study of Kaoka 高甲 Playscripts in the Philippines

Caroline Chia

7 "Do You Love China or Not?": Late-Colonial Textbooks to Learn Mandarin through Malay

Tom Hoogervorst

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-47326-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004473263 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access