Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities [Hardcover]

1. Transnational Connections and Multilingual Realities: The Chinese diasporic experience in a global context Li Wei  Part I: Emerging Diaspora, Emerging Identities  2. Globalization Off the Beaten TrackChinese Migration to South Africas Rural Towns Ana Deumert and Nkululeko Mabandla  3. Polycentric Repertoires: Constructing Dutch-Chinese Youth Identities in the Classroom and Online Jinling Li and Kasper Juffermans  4. Sojourner Tongues: Language Practices among the Chinese of Cairo Wang Jie  Part II: Changing Times, Changing Languages  5. The Dungans of Kazakhstan: Old minority in a new nation-state Juldyz Smagulova  6. Chinese-Spanish Contact in Cuba in the 19^th Century  J. Clancy Clements  7. Shifting identities, shifting practices: The Chinese-speaking communities in Suriname Paul Brendan Tjon Sie Fat  8. Multilingualism and the West Kalimantan Hakka Josh Stenberg  9. Being Chinese Again: Learning Mandarin in post-Suharto Indonesia Charlotte Setijadi  Part III: Transnational Communities, Cultural Mediators  10. Multilingualism in the Chinese community in Japan John C. Maher  11. From monolingualism to multilingualism: The linguistic landscape in Kuala Lumpurs Chinatown Wang Xiaomei, Koh Yi Chern, Patricia Nora Riget, and Supramani Shoniah  12. Grandmothers tongue: decline of Teochew language in Singapore Lee Cher Leng  13. Multilingual mediators: The (continuing) role of the Peranakans in the contact dynamics of Singapore Lisa Lim  lƒ-