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Publication details [#42613]

Lai, Mee-Ling. 2005. Language attitudes of the first postcolonial generation in Hong Kong secondary schools. Language in Society 34 (3) : 363–388.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

commercial language | language attitude | language use | power | student

Language as a subject

Chinese, Cantonese | English | Putonghua

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study examines the language attitudes of Hong Kong secondary students from the first postcolonial generation towards Cantonese (the vernacular variety), English (the colonizers' language) and Putonghua (the new ruler's language).