Publications

Publication details [#41673]

Joseph, John E. 1996. English in Hong Kong: Emergence and Decline. Current Issues in Language & Society 3 (2) : 166–179.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | language status | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study deals with two competing discourses on the current situation of English in Hong Kong, that is a public one centred on the decline of English language standards, and an academic one centred on the development of a distinctive Hong Kong English.