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The attitudes of Hong Kong students towards Hong Kong English and Mandarin-accented English

What are the current status and future developments of Chinese Englishes, in particular, Hong Kong English and Mandarin-accented English?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2013

Qi Zhang
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The development of Hong Kong English (henceforth HKE) has triggered a number of concerns amongst the local population with respect to its status (Joseph, 1996; Luk, 1998; Bolton & Lim, 2000; Pang, 2003; Stibbard, 2004). However, despite the prominence of research into attitudes towards language variation within sociolinguistics, very few studies focus on Hong Kong English (Bolton & Kwok, 1990; Candler, 2001; S. Poon, 2007) or Mandarin-accented English (He & Li, 2009; Hu, 2004; F. Poon, 2006). The aim of this study is to uncover language attitudes towards HKE and Mandarin-accented English (henceforth ME) in the Hong Kong region through the application of the verbal-guise technique.

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English Today , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 9 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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