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Peer reviewedYau, Frances Man-siu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Investigates the language choice and code switching behavior of the councilors and officials in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during 1991-95, within the context of the upcoming transfer of sovereignty in 1997 and the challenges to the old political power relationship. Points out that code switching behavior is part of the negotiation…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Strategies, Code Switching (Language), Context Effect
