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Publication details [#41670]

Harrison, Godfrey and Lydia K.H. So. 1996. The Background to Language Change in Hong Kong. Current Issues in Language & Society 3 (2) : 114–123.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | language change | political system | society

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper provides the background to language change in Hong Kong, surveying the great demographic, economic, political, social and technological changes that have taken place over the last 50 years.