The Politics Of English In Hong Kong

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351713689

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The Politics of English in Hong Kong by Jette G. Hansen Edwards Pdf

The focus of this book is on the impact of politics on language and identity in Hong Kong. The book is the first study to track real time language attitude changes against a divisive political landscape. It is also the most comprehensive study of language attitudes in Hong Kong to date, taking place over four years with over 1600 participants. Through both survey and interview data, a multifaceted portrait of language change in progress is presented, providing a more nuanced and complex view of language and identity than has previously been presented. The book examines the status of Hong Kong English in the light of attitudes towards Cantonese, English, and Putonghua, providing a deeper analysis of the linguistic complexity of Hong Kong; it can be argued that one cannot understand attitudes towards Hong Kong English without fully understanding the status and use of English in Hong Kong today. The book also presents a complex examination of language attitudes in Hong Kong by focusing not only on the what of language attitudes, but also the question of for whom, through an analysis of language attitudes by gender, age, identity, and speaking HKE.

Author : Lionel Wee,Robbie B. H. Goh,Lisa Lim
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027228352

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The Politics of English by Lionel Wee,Robbie B. H. Goh,Lisa Lim Pdf

This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts also means that the social, political and cultural ramifications of the spread of English into Asia will have to be understood in relation to the challenges facing specific societies. The chapters in the book collectively illustrate this diversity by focusing on countries from South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific. Each country has two contributions devoted to it: one paper provides an overview of the country s language policy and its positioning of English, and another provides a critical discussion of creative expressions involving the use of English. Taken together, the papers in the volume detail the most recent developments concerning the politics of English in Asia."

Author : Kingsley Bolton
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9622095534

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Hong Kong English by Kingsley Bolton Pdf

The dominant view of many linguists and educators has been that Hong Kong English is a variety of the language that is derived from, and dependent on, the metropolitan norm of British English. It has been argued that English in Hong Kong was never 'nativized' as in other Asian societies, and that it has not deserved the recognition accorded to other varieties of Asian English. The contributions to this book challenge that view in a number of ways. In addressing sociolinguistic, structural, and literary issues, they provide an up-to-date survey of current use of Hong Kong English, and redress the question of its autonomy in terms of both distinctive linguistic features and the growing literary creativity of the variety. An original and highly informed discussion on the futures for Hong Kong English, and chapters providing additional resources for the study of the variety, are also included.

Author : Siu-kai Lau,Zhaojia Liu
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9622013368

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Society and Politics in Hong Kong by Siu-kai Lau,Zhaojia Liu Pdf

Author : M. Ackbar Abbas
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0816629250

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Hong Kong by M. Ackbar Abbas Pdf

In this intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong, with its unique relations to decolonization and disappearance, can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city.

Author : Kwok-kan Tam,Timothy Weiss
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9629961849

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English and Globalization by Kwok-kan Tam,Timothy Weiss Pdf

This book offers a groundbreaking perspective on the political, cultural and pedagogical issues of English in the age of globalization. Additionaly it addresses theoretical concepts as they relate to language and globalization while simulataneously creating new perspectives on the issues. The fifteen papers that make up this collection present valuable information about the English language in Hong Kong and China. Including pioneering works that examine how language functions as a mediating agent in the global cultural formation, and vice versa.

Author : Martha C. Pennington
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789622094185

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Language in Hong Kong at Century's End by Martha C. Pennington Pdf

This volume offers a view of the linguistic situation in Hong Kong in the final years of the twentieth century, as it enters the post-colonial era. In the chapters of this book, scholars from Hong Kong and around the world present a contemporary profile of Chinese, English, and other languages in dynamic interaction in this major international economic centre. Authors survey usage of different languages and attitudes towards them among students, teachers, and the general population based on census data, newpapers, language diaries, interviews, and questionnaires. They address issues of code-mixing, the shift from English-medium to Chinese-medium education, the place of Putonghua in the local language mix, and the language of minority groups such as Hong Kong Indians.This wide-ranging group of original studies provides a social and historical perspective from which to consider developments in language among the past, present, and future populations of Hong Kong.

Author : Qi Zhang
Publisher : Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : English language
ISBN : 3034309589

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Investigating Hong Kong English by Qi Zhang Pdf

This detailed case study investigates the attitudes of Hong Kong university students to eight varieties of English speech. It employs a range of direct and indirect techniques to obtain in-depth information about the students' perceptions and also discusses the pedagogical implications of the choice of linguistic model in English language teaching.

Author : Stephen Evans
Publisher : Springer
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781137506245

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The English Language in Hong Kong by Stephen Evans Pdf

This book presents an empirically-grounded sociolinguistic history of the English language in Hong Kong in the past 170 years. Using substantial sets of diachronic and synchronic data, it traces the changing status and functions of English in relation to spoken Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese in the key domains of government, education and business. The author tracks the rise of English-knowing bilingualism in the city’s Chinese community and explores the evolutionary dynamics of Hong Kong English. He also speculates on the future of English in the territory, particularly after 2047 when the ‘one country, two systems’ framework established by the Sino-British Joint Declaration is dismantled. Researchers and students working in the fields of sociolinguistics, English as a global language, world Englishes, applied linguistics and English-language education will find this book provides valuable information and insights about the uses and users of English in colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong. More generally, it makes a unique contribution to the literature on the diffusion and diversification of English worldwide.

Author : Ackbar Abbas
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 9622094333

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Hong Kong by Ackbar Abbas Pdf

This is a rich and thought-provoking book which tries to capture a complex historical, cultural, and political postcolonial situation in the unique metropolis of contemporary Hong Kong. MAYFAIR YANG - University of California, Santa Barbara. Hong Kong

Author : Alastair Pennycook
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351847360

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The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language by Alastair Pennycook Pdf

Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English. Including a useful mixture of theory, research and practice, this will be of use to advanced students of education, English and applied linguistics, for courses on teaching second languages, critical pedagogy, comparative education and world Englishes. It will also be of interest to students of postcolonial literature and international relations.

Author : Gerard A. Postiglione,Julian Leung Yat Ming
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781315489407

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Education and Society in Hong Kong: Toward One Country and Two Systems by Gerard A. Postiglione,Julian Leung Yat Ming Pdf

This title was first published in 1992: Explores the implications of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 to the People's Republic of China and the political, economic and cultural impact of the social transition on education.

Author : Norman Miners
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015014140183

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The Government and Politics of Hong Kong by Norman Miners Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, this standard reference sets the machinery of Hong Kong's government within its social, economic, and cultural contexts. This edition has been thoroughly revised in light of the changes following the signing of the 1984 Sino-British Agreement on the future of Hong Kong.

Author : Wei Tang
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1536185817

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Hong Kong by Wei Tang Pdf

"Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future first explores the "non-national" features of Hong Kong citizenship by analysing its development in relation to three key features: people's identities, uneven political participation, and the development of civil society. The subsequent study explores ideological detachment from ideas of "nation-ness", if English language discourse is to produce a stable model of Hong Kong identity. The authors examine the discourses of young people and older people pertaining to socio-political issues concerning Hong Kong, reviewing major research studies conducted in Hong Kong on young people's attitudes towards the society. The closing review provides an extensive summary on phonetics and phonology research on Hong Kong English in the past two decades, and also discusses how the codification and standardisation of Hong Kong English would aid in its development"--

Author : J. Flowerdew
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349261352

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The Final Years of British Hong Kong by J. Flowerdew Pdf

This book critically reviews the British experience in Hong Kong with special emphasis on the tenure of the last governor, Chris Patten, and the discourse he used in guiding the transfer of sovereignty to China. While the People's Republic of China proclaimed the recovery of Hong Kong to be just retribution for a century and a half of national shame under British rule, Patten, as the spokesperson for the British, was concerned that Britain's exit from its last significant colony should be an honourable one.