The English Language in Hong Kong: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives

by Stephen Evans

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This book presents an empirically-grounded sociolinguistic history of the English language in Hong Kong in the past 170 years. Using substantial sets of diachronic and synchronic data, it traces the changing status and functions of English in relation to spoken Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese in the key domains of government, education and business. The author tracks the rise of English-knowing bilingualism in the city's Chinese community...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1137506237

ISBN13:9781137506238

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:Palgrave Pivot

Length:136 Pages

Weight:0.68 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"

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