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Peer reviewedJoseph, 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)
Peer reviewedHarrison, 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
