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Using English in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2004

WEI YUN  and
FEI JIA
WEI YUN
Affiliation:
Teaches College English at the Foreign Languages School, Suzhou University, [email protected]
FEI JIA
Affiliation:
Instructor at the Foreign Languages School, Suzhou University, [email protected]
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SINCE ITS introduction in the 18th century, English in China has gone through three stages: partial colonization and Chinese Pidgin English (CPE); a Chinese-influenced variety often called Chinglish; and a more recent indigenization that has resulted in a variety known as both Chinese English and, more recently (with a subtle change of emphasis), China English. This paper discusses these stages and calls for more attention to be paid to the nativization of English in China in the 21st century.

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English Today , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 42 - 47
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© Cambridge University Press 2003

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