Correlation between Language and Cultural Identity: Chinese Diaspora of the Netherlands MA Asian Studies Thesis Prof.dr. A.F. de Jong MA Asian Studies: Politics, Society and Economy 2018/2019 01-07-2019 Word count: 14348 Name: Wendy So Student number: S1519441 Mail to:
[email protected] Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 2 Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 6 3 Historical Context of the Chinese diaspora in the Netherlands............................................... 7 3.1 Chinese Indonesians .......................................................................................................... 9 3.2 New immigrants .............................................................................................................. 11 4 Theoretical Framework: Correlation between Language and Cultural Identity.................... 13 4.1 Identity ............................................................................................................................ 13 4.2 The Chinese identity ....................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Language and identity ..................................................................................................... 15 4.4 Chinese Language and dialects ......................................................................................