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Issues in Bilingualism and Biculturalism

A Hong Kong Case Study
BuchGebunden
205 Seiten
Englisch
Peter Langerschienen am01.11.1996
Issues in Bilingualism and Biculturalism describes the nature and extent of code-mixing in Hong Kong in the 1990s. It is mainly based on written data obtained from the local Chinese press collected systematically over a period of two years since late 1992. While previous studies on code-mixing between Cantonese and English in Hong Kong tend to emphasize sociolinguistic motivations, this book presents evidence that much of the code-mixing behaviour, be it in print or in speech, may be traced back to linguistic motivations at work resulting from sustained contact between Cantonese, modern standard Chinese and increasingly, English. This study further argues that, largely as a correlate of biculturalism, code-mixing - which is indicative of linguistic convergence in the mind of the average Hong Kong bilingual - is simply unstoppable, given that the norms prescribed for the written standard varieties of Chinese and English deviate considerably from those of the vernacular Cantonese.mehr

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KlappentextIssues in Bilingualism and Biculturalism describes the nature and extent of code-mixing in Hong Kong in the 1990s. It is mainly based on written data obtained from the local Chinese press collected systematically over a period of two years since late 1992. While previous studies on code-mixing between Cantonese and English in Hong Kong tend to emphasize sociolinguistic motivations, this book presents evidence that much of the code-mixing behaviour, be it in print or in speech, may be traced back to linguistic motivations at work resulting from sustained contact between Cantonese, modern standard Chinese and increasingly, English. This study further argues that, largely as a correlate of biculturalism, code-mixing - which is indicative of linguistic convergence in the mind of the average Hong Kong bilingual - is simply unstoppable, given that the norms prescribed for the written standard varieties of Chinese and English deviate considerably from those of the vernacular Cantonese.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8204-3036-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr1996
Erscheinungsdatum01.11.1996
ReiheBerkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics
Reihen-Nr.21
Seiten205 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht470 g
Artikel-Nr.16117266
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GenreLexika/Sprachen

Autor

The Author: David C.S. Li studied English for his B.A. (Hons.) degree. Under the auspices of a French government scholarship and, later, a stipend by the German foundation DAAD, he obtained his M.A. in linguistics in Besançon and his Ph.D. in linguistics in Cologne, respectively. His study on the aspect system of Mandarin Chinese was published by Peter Lang in 1991. He is currently an assistant professor at the English Department of the City University of Hong Kong, where he teaches courses on contrastive linguistics, applied sociolinguistics, and second language acquisition.
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