The English Language in Hong Kong: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives

by Stephen Evans

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137506237
• ISBN13: 9781137506238
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"