Investigating Hong Kong English: Globalization and Identity

by Qi Zhang

The status of Hong Kong English has been an increasing concern among the local population. Despite prolific research into attitudes towards language variation within the field of sociolinguistics in general, very few studies have focused on the Hong Kong context. Previous research has demonstrated that native English speakers tend to evaluate Standard English varieties highly as far as status is concerned, while non-standard varieties are evaluated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034309589
• ISBN13: 9783034309585
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"