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Language in Hong Kong at century's end /

This volume offers a view of the linguistic situation in Hong Kong in the final years of the twentieth century, as it enters the post-colonial era.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pennington, Martha C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTRIBUTORS; OVERVIEW; 1. Introduction: Perspectives on Language in Hong Kong at Century's End; 2. Charting Multilingualism: Language Censuses and Language Surveys in Hong Kong; 3. Societal Accommodation to English and Putonghua in Cantonese-Speaking Hong Kong; 4. The Onset of Bilingualism in Hong Kong: LanguageChoice in the Home Domain; 5. Why Two Languages Might Be Better Than One:Motivations of Language Mixing in Hong Kong; 6. The Plight of the Purist; 7. How Does Cantonese-English Code-Mixing Work?; 8. Language Choice and Identity: The World of theHong Kong Indian Adolescent.