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Wong, Alicia S.H. and Susan S.S. Chan. 2018. From ‘the world of Suzie Wong’ to ‘Asia's world city’: tracing the development of bilingualism in Hong Kong's linguistic landscape (1957–2014). The International Journal of Multilingualism 15 (4) : 435–454.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | globalization | language choice | multilingualism | sign, production of

Language as a subject

Chinese, Cantonese | Chinese, standard | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This article explores the evolution of bilingualism in Hong Kong's linguistic landscape between 1957 and 2014: power relations and collective identity appear vital drivers of this evolution. It also handles the evolution in progress of sector-particular language preferences.