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'I Have to Save This Language, It's on the Edge Like an Endangered Animal': Perceptions of Language Threat and Linguistic Mainlandisation in Hong Kong

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Hansen Edwards, Jette G. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021

This study examines perceptions of language threat in Hong Kong against a background of increasing political tensions between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China (PRC). These tensions gained international attention in 2014 during the 79-day protests known as the Umbrella Movement and more recently in 2019 due to the proposed introduction…

Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Sino Tibetan Languages, Language Attitudes, Mandarin Chinese