What is it about?
This paper discusses how Macau youth constructs a distinct identity via language practices on a Facebook forum.
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Why is it important?
Very limited research has been done on the sociolinguistic situation of Macau, a place of mixed and diverse population and culture, let alone the language practices of Macau youth in computer-mediated communication.
Perspectives
A local identity is indeed budding among teens in Macau, though linguistically and culturally they have been very much influenced by cultures outside Macau.
Professor Brian H.S. Chan
University of Macau
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This page is a summary of: A local voice of Macau: Traditional Characters, code-switching and Written Cantonese in an internet forum, Global Chinese, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2015-1013.
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