Lexical Attrition of Teochew Speakers in Guangzhou

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2023-08

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This paper presents the findings of research studying lexical attrition of four native Teochew speakers from different age groups (the elderly, the middle-aged, and the young) who have immigrated to Guangzhou. It provides a new perspective to observe the lexical influence of Cantonese on Teochew. An 870-word lexicon-based Teochew investigating wordlist was designed for this study to examine participants’ lexical erosion of their mother tongue Teochew. The results indicate that lexical attrition is existed in these speakers and the local dialect Cantonese promotes their language loss. With participants’ demographic and sociolinguistic background information and the results, this research suggests that factors including the length of residence and the use of language relate to speakers’ lexical attrition.

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Lexical attrition, lexical influence, language attrition, language contact, length of residence

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Chen, Xi. "Lexical Attrition of Teochew Speakers in Guangzhou." Buckeye East Asian Linguistics, vol. 7 (August 2023), p. 22-31.

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