This paper examines inter-speaker phonological variation within a mini-corpus of spoken Hong Kong English. The study focuses on consonantal features, and indicates that variation in the use of these features follows patterns that are implicational or hierarchical in nature. The findings are presented in the form of an implicational scale, in which the use of a particular feature by a speaker implies the use of other features by that speaker. The implicational patterns are discussed with reference to the intelligibility characteristics of the features and possible developmental pathways among L2 users. The possible relevance of the findings for areas of study such as the description of new varieties of English is also considered, with particular regard to pedagogical applications.
2013. Contextual variation and Hong Kong English. World Englishes 32:1 ► pp. 54 ff.
Chan, Jim Y. H.
2014. Exposure to accents and pronunciation modelling: A case study of a secondary school in Hong Kong. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 24:3 ► pp. 390 ff.
CHAN, JIM Y. H.
2016. Contextualising a pedagogical model for English‐language education in Hong Kong. World Englishes 35:3 ► pp. 372 ff.
Chan, Jim Yee Him
2022. The Evolution of Assessment in English Pronunciation: The Case of Hong Kong (1978-2018). Language Assessment Quarterly 19:1 ► pp. 1 ff.
Chan, Ka Long Roy & Nok Chin Lydia Chan
2021. Segmental Features of Hong Kong English: A Contrastive Approach Study. Journal of Universal Language 22:2 ► pp. 1 ff.
HANSEN EDWARDS, JETTE G.
2019. TH variation in Hong Kong English. English Language and Linguistics 23:2 ► pp. 439 ff.
Johnson, Khia A. & Molly Babel
2023. Language Contact Within the Speaker: Phonetic Variation and Crosslinguistic Influence. Language and Speech
Mok, Peggy P. K., Holly S. H. Fung, Grace W. L. Cao & Chun Wai Leung
2023. How similar are the formants in the speech of bilingual speakers?. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 30:1 ► pp. 52 ff.
Phoon, Hooi San, Anna Christina Abdullah & Margaret Maclagan
2013. The Consonant Realizations of Malay-, Chinese- and Indian-Influenced Malaysian English. Australian Journal of Linguistics 33:1 ► pp. 3 ff.
Pickering, Lucy & Meichan Huang
2022. Teaching Pronunciation in the Context of Multiple Varieties of English. In Second Language Pronunciation, ► pp. 273 ff.
Poon, Vinton W. K.
2018. Approaching Linguistic Norms: The Case of/for Hong Kong English on the Internet. In Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong, ► pp. 107 ff.
Sewell, Andrew
2023. The Hong Kong English accent continuum: insights from implicational scaling. Asian Englishes 25:1 ► pp. 45 ff.
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew
2015. Hong Kong English: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Language and Linguistics Compass 9:6 ► pp. 256 ff.
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