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Publication details [#49186]

Evans, Stephen. 2008. Disputes and deliberations over language policy: the case of early colonial Hong Kong. Language Policy 7 (1) : 47–65.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | education | language of instruction | language policy | language use

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This case study of Hong Kong colonial language-in-education policy during sir John Pope Hennessy's (1877–1882) Governorship, discusses how colonial and metropolitan authorities were forced to confront the conflict over the roles of English and Chinese in Hong Kong’s education system.