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Language in Hong Kong at Century's End
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Language in Hong Kong at Century's End, 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. Hong Kong University Press, Language in Hong Kong at Century's End
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  • Language in Hong Kong at Century's End
  • Written by author Martha Carswell Pennington
  • Published by Hong Kong University Press, 2/3/1998
  • 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. Hong Kong University Press
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1 Introduction: Perspectives on Language in Hong Kong at Century's End 3
Pt. I Language use Profiles 41
2 Charting Multilingualism: Language Censuses and Language Surveys in Hong Kong 43
3 Societal Accommodation to English and Putonghua in Cantonese-Speaking Hong Kong 91
4 The Onset of Bilingualism in Hong Kong: Language Choice in the Home Domain 113
5 Why Two Languages Might Be Better Than One: Motivations of Language Mixing in Hong Kong 145
6 The Plight of the Purist 161
7 How Does Cantonese-English Code-Mixing Work? 191
8 Language Choice and Identity: The World of the Hong Kong Indian Adolescent 219
9 Our Future English Teachers: Language Use Among Graduate and Undergraduate TESL Students in Hong Kong 243
10 Language and Education in Hong Kong 265
11 Hong Kong Language in Context: The Discourse of Ch'u 277
Pt. II Views and Orientations Underlying Language Use 283
12 By Carrot and by Rod: Extrinsic Motivation and English Language Attainment of Hong Kong Tertiary Students 285
13 Learning English in Hong Kong: Making Connections Between Motivation, Language Use, and Strategy Choice 303
14 Current Language Attitudes of Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults 329
15 Acculturation to English by an Ethnic Minority: The Language Attitudes of Indian Adolescents in a Hong Kong International School 339
16 Medium of Instruction: Policy and Reality at One Hong Kong Tertiary Institution 365
17 Three Languages: One Future 391
18 Language Policy and Practice: A Problem of Motivation or Priority? 419
19 Language Attitudes and Language Cognitions: Future Prospects for Hong Kong 425
Index 437


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