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Record Nr.

UNINA9910502678403321

Autore

Hoogervorst Tom

Titolo

Sinophone Southeast Asia : Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas / / edited by Tom Hoogervorst, Caroline Chia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2021

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2022

ISBN

90-04-47326-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Chinese Overseas ; ; 20

Disciplina

495.1

Soggetti

Chinese language - Social aspects - Southeast Asia

Chinese language - Variation - Southeast Asia

Chinese - Southeast Asia - Social life and customs

Sociolinguistics - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Based on archival research and previously unpublished linguistic fieldwork, it unearths a wide variety of language histories, linguistic practices, and trajectories of words.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.