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The politics of English in Hong Kong : attitudes, identity, and use /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Jette G. Hansen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Singapore : Routledge ; Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, [2019]
Series:Routledge studies in world Englishes.
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > China > Hong Kong.
English language > Political aspects > China > Hong Kong.
English language > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Language and culture > China > Hong Kong.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a political and linguistic history of Hong Kong
  • Researching attitudes: theories and methods
  • The Hong Kong identity
  • The native speaker of English in Hong Kong
  • Attitudes towards varieties of English in Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong English: attitudes, identity and use
  • Attitudes towards features of Hong Kong English
  • Conclusions: the politics of English in Hong Kong.