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Download full textBudge, Carol – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1989
A study investigated patterns in plural marking in the English spoken in Hong Kong, largely as a second language. It focused on the effect of three types of prenominal morphemes: (1) those that are neutral with respect to plurality (e.g., "other, certain"); (2) modifiers indicating the noun should be marked for plural (e.g., "one of…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Benson, 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
