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Peer reviewedGibbons, John P. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
Examines, through a matched-guise technique, the conflict in attitudes and behavior toward the use of a mixture of Cantonese and English (MIX) among English-Cantonese bilingual students in Hong Kong. Results indicate hostility toward MIX but produce evidence that it is a useful, culturally neutral choice and that it may have covert status in the…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Influences, English
