TY - CHAP
T1 - The Hong Kong Language Context
AU - Li, David C.S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This chapter introduces the macrolinguistic context of multilingual Hong Kong society by outlining (a) the types and extents of the plurilinguality of its citizenry, (b) the current state of their biliteracy in Chinese and English, and (c) their perceived ethnolinguistic identities (Hongkonger, Chinese Hongkonger, Hong Kong Chinese, or Chinese) with reference to their attitudes towards Cantonese, English and Putonghua. The chapter will end with a synopsis of the rest of the book.
AB - This chapter introduces the macrolinguistic context of multilingual Hong Kong society by outlining (a) the types and extents of the plurilinguality of its citizenry, (b) the current state of their biliteracy in Chinese and English, and (c) their perceived ethnolinguistic identities (Hongkonger, Chinese Hongkonger, Hong Kong Chinese, or Chinese) with reference to their attitudes towards Cantonese, English and Putonghua. The chapter will end with a synopsis of the rest of the book.
KW - Biliteracy and trilingualism
KW - Demography
KW - Ethnolinguistic identity
KW - Language attitudes
KW - Language policy
KW - Macrolinguistic context
KW - Multilingual society
KW - Plurilinguality
KW - Postcolonial Hong Kong
KW - Vernacular Cantonese
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85123026713
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-44195-5_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-44195-5_1
M3 - Chapter in an edited book (as author)
AN - SCOPUS:85123026713
T3 - Multilingual Education
SP - 1
EP - 19
BT - Multilingual Education
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -