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Publication details [#62727]

Chan, Michael. 2017. Social Identity and the Linguistic Intergroup Bias: Exploring the Role of Ethnic Identification in the Context of Intergroup Relations Between Hong Kong and Mainland China. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 36 (4) : 473–483.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

Two survey experiments explored how linguistic intergroup bias (LIB) differs according to ethnic identification within a homogenous ethnic group (Hong Kong citizens). Study 1 displayed that Hong Kong citizens who identified as “Hongkonger” employed more abstract expressions to describe prosocial behaviors of the in-group (Hong Kong citizen) and antisocial behaviors of the out-group (Mainland Chinese); those who identified as “Chinese” displayed less LIB. Study 2 found similar results for a context based on location of behaviour (in Hong Kong vs. in China) rather than the nationality of the protagonist. The combined evidence proposes that LIB can have a notable intragroup as well as intergroup dimension.