This essay explores how homogeneous clan groups sharing a
common dialect formed a network of economic relations, focusing on traders who
speak the southern Fujian Dialect. Using a functionalist linguistic approach,
this essay will focus on the relationship between language and culture, and
language and clan, to explore how the Southern Fujian Dialect plays a role in
sustaining economic relations between kin-related merchants. The cultural
context of the Southern Fujian Dialect can build business mindsets that
resonate with each other, forming psycho-emotional identities with the help of
the Southern Fujian Dialect, reducing misunderstandings and enabling efficient
negotiation in cooperation. In a practical sense, mutual support between
businessmen of the same clan is important for economic recovery and social
stability in the post-epidemic era.
Author(s) Details:
Chen Haoruo,
Graduate Student in Anthropology at the School of Sociology and
Anthropology of Xiamen University at Xiamen in the Fujian Province, P. R.
China.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/AEGIE/article/view/13575
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