A comparative study on lexical and syntactic features of Chinese news texts in Malay Archipelago

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ID17812293
AutoresNankai Lin (0000-0003-2838-8273, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies), Hongyan Wu (0000-0001-9523-5707, National University of Defense Technology), Sihui Fu (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies), Shengyi Jiang (0000-0002-4443-0753, Software Engineering Institute), Aimin Yang (0000-0003-2968-1762, Guangdong University of Technology)
Ano2026
Data de publicação2026-04-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChinese Language and Discourse An International and Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1877-7031 • E-ISSN: 1877-8798
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/cld.24030.lin
OpenAlexW7151762312
IdiomaEN
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Chinese in the Malay Archipelago has evolved into distinct regional written varieties due to adaptation to local languages and cultures, requiring exploration of their lexical and syntactic differences from standard written Chinese. In this paper, we conduct a quantitative analysis on Chinese news texts collected from five Malay Archipelago regions, trying to figure out their differences with the texts in standard written Chinese from a lexical and syntactic perspective. The statistical results show that the regional written Chinese varieties used in these five regions are quite different, diverging from their modern Chinese mainland counterpart. All these discrepancies reflect how Chinese evolves overseas, and demonstrate the profound impact of local societies and cultures on the development of Chinese

Adaptation (eye) · Archipelago · Lexical item · Mainland · Mainland China · Malay · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism