Found inside – Page iIn Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking Jessieca Leo offers a needed update on Hakka history and a reassessment on Hakka identity in the global and transnational contexts, and views the concept of ‘being Hakka’ in the 21st ... Found inside – Page 2067Language Issues People from Taiwan speak the Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, ... Taiwanese is the popular term for the Hokkien or Southern Min language spoken ... A comprehensive discussion of the key aspects of this important sub-field of language contact and multilingualism studies. The scope of the study ranges from early popular writings in closely related dialects to present-day forms of written Taiwanese. The study treats written Taiwanese both as a linguistic and as a socio-political phenomenon. Found inside – Page iThis book presents multilingualism as a social phenomenon, which arises when speakers of a different language move to a new society and learn to speak the dominant language of the society. 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