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Publication details [#64861]

Yap, Foong Ha and Brian Lap-ming Wai. 2018. Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo5dei6 (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse. Discourse & Society 29 (6) : 691–715.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ambiguity | discourse | evasion | political language | reply

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

The Chief Executive Election candidates in Hong Kong frequently do not belong to any political party. It is explored how this singular contextual factor impacts the choice of inclusive and exclusive ‘we’ in politicians' elusive answers in the 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election debates.