| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMANOTO Tetsuya Professor Kita-Kyushu University (Faculty of Foreign Language Studies), 外国語学部, 教授 (80047703)
ARAI Shigeo Associate Professor Mie University (Faculty of Humanities), 人文学部, 助教授 (00159477)
OGI Hirofumi Associate Professor Ritsumeikan University (Fuculty of International Relation St, 国際関係学部, 助教授 (70160786)
YAMASHITA Kiyomi Associate Professor Akita University (Faculty of Education), 教育学部, 助教授 (00166662)
OTA Isamu Professor Toyo University (Faculty of Literature), 文学部, 教授 (00058009)
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| Research Abstract |
Interview and questionaire surveys were conducted in Singapore, six major cities of Malaysia and Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, to investigate recent changing nature of "Chineseness". Nearly 500 valid samples were collected through our research tour. The major results of the study are:
(1) Chinese people, equally both Chinese and English educated, tend to emphasize the role of Chinese language to identify themselves as being ethnic Chinese. (2) Malaysian Chinese have rather stronger ethnic identity because of their minority situation. (3) However, most Chinese, Particularly Singapore Chinese, recognize they are no longer "huaquiao" even though some of them still remain in traditional Chinese communities. (4) Quite a few Chinese expect preserving their own language and cultural activities contributes to being good citizens of Malaysia and Singapore, while Brunei Chinese seem to have little confident as their Malaysian and Singaporean counterparts have. (5) The regional difference in socio-political conditions seems the biggest factor for changing traditional "Chineseness".
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