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Zee, Eric – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Examines phonological changes illustrating the changing nature of Hong Kong Cantonese (HKC). The article describes the historical development of syllable-initial consonants, such as nasals, affricates and coronal fricatives, and also the syllable-final stops and nasals in HKC. (24 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics
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Lee, Alice – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Addresses the complex diglossic situation of Hong Kong's past with a focus on the judiciary. Examines the confrontation of a Cantonese-speaking population with a predominantly English-language legal system and the problematic question of how (and why) Hong Kong's legislation is being codified in two languages. (four references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cantonese, Courts, Diachronic Linguistics
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O Laoire, Muiris – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1995
Attempts to ascertain why Irish revivalist efforts have not led to a revitalization of the language of the type associated with Hebrew. Analyzes the historical issues surrounding these efforts outside the "Gaeltacht" community, with a view to understanding the conditions and processes that should have existed for revitalization. (33…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Joseph, John E. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Focuses on the role of English and the evolution of a distinct variety of English in Hong Kong. Discusses this "emerging" Hong Kong English and examines how various political changes might affect a future Hong Kong identity, such that Hong Kong English might emerge into a public as well as academic reality. (23 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language)
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Harrison, Godfrey; So, Lydia K. H. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Seeks to link the rapid pace of societal change in Hong Kong over the past 50 years with changing patterns of language use there. Shows how the country has changed demographically, economically, politically, socially, and technologically. (16 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diachronic Linguistics