Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China
Edited by Doreen D. Wu, Ming Liu and David C.S. Li
Special issue of Chinese Language and Discourse 13:1 (2022) v, 165 pp.
David C.S. Li
List of John Benjamins publications for which David C.S. Li plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sino-Tibetan languages | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2022 Introduction to “Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China” Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China, Wu, Doreen D., Ming Liu and David C.S. Li (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Introduction
2011 ‘Perfective paradox’: A cross-linguistic study of the aspectual functions of -guo in Mandarin Chinese Chinese Language and Discourse 2:1, pp. 23–57 | Article
The toneless aspect mark -guo is generally viewed as a perfective marker with experiential function. It appears to be subject to a number of semantic constraints, such as discontinuity, repeatability or recurrence, reversibility, and indefinite reference. This article demonstrates that… read more
2009 Towards ‘biliteracy and trilingualism’ in Hong Kong (SAR): Problems, dilemmas and stakeholders’ views Multilingual, Globalizing Asia: Implications for policy and education, Lim, Lisa and Ee-Ling Low (eds.), pp. 72–84 | Article
Despite the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) government’s determination to implement the ‘mother tongue education’ policy amid strong social resistance one year after the handover, English remains a prestigious language in society. The need for Putonghua (Mandarin/Standard Chinese) is… read more
2000 Phonetic Borrowing: Key to the vitality of written Cantonese in Hong Kong Written Language & Literacy 3:2, pp. 199–233 | Article
Chinese Hongkongers express themselves increasingly in written Cantonese, resulting in the proliferation of Cantonese elements in the Hong Kong Chinese press. To overcome the orthographic gap, Hongkongers resort to phonetic borrowing and phonetic compound formation. Phonetic borrowing may be based… read more
1999 The Functions and Status of English in Hong Kong: A Post-1997 Update English World-Wide 20:1, pp. 67–110 | Article
This paper is an update of Luke and Richards' (1982) study on the functions and status of English in Hong Kong. The sociolinguistic matrix is described by outlining the distribution of the main functions of the two written languages standard written Chinese (SWC) and English, and the three spoken… read more