Bilingualism : a study of the dominant language of Chinese undergraduates through their internal uses
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Date
1984
Authors
Low Chew Yun
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Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Since the end of the eighteenth century, language has come
to be copiously and comprehensively studied by philosophers,
linguists, semanticists and literary critics. Psychologists
have been concerned with how a child acquires his first language
and with the stages of speech development in human beings. Some
political scientists and historians have been interested in
language as related to national origins and ethnic boundaries,
the relationship between language and nationalism, and other
aspects of political manipulation and control. While these
linguistic studies made reference to language in its different
context respectively, other social scientists have sought
explanation of language in its social context especially in
terms of its social and societal relationships, implications,
functions and effects. Social interaction and communication
through the use of language can be analysed in different
approach, context and purpose.
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language of Chinese , Bilingualism , language of Chinese undergraduates , a study of the dominant language of Chinese undergraduates