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Peer reviewedBenson, Phil – World Englishes, 2000
Discusses a number of issues involved in a description of a variety of English in relation to the distinctive vocabulary of Hong Kong English. Attention to semantic and pragmatic relationships internal to the variety and the sociocultural context in which it operates is urged. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Variation
Download full textBenson, Phil – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
A study analyzed patterns of usage of political vocabulary in Hong Kong English as found in newspaper reports of a leading Hong Kong English-medium newspaper and two other English-medium newspapers. Data were drawn from a computerized corpus and a clippings file. The report begins with an overview of the theoretical basis of the study of ideology…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Discourse Analysis, English, Foreign Countries
