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Hong Kong English / Jane Setter, Cathy S.P. Wong and Brian H.S. Chan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Setter, Jane.
- Series:
- Dialects of English.
- Dialects of English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dialects--China--Hong Kong.
- English language.
- English language--China--Hong Kong--Syntax.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides an overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. As a former British colony, Hong Kong used English as the language of government, law and education in the early days of colon
- Contents:
- COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Geography, demography and cultural factors; 2 Phonetics and phonology; 3 Morphosyntax; 4 Discourse and lexis; 5 Code-switching; 6 Hong Kong English: a sociolinguistic history; 7 Annotated bibliography; 8 Transcripts for the data from our speakers; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612899751
- 9781282899759
- 1282899759
- 9780748635979
- 0748635971
- OCLC:
- 693761386
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