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Download full textPennington, Martha C. – 1993
Research on language in Hong Kong is reviewed, focusing on work in the areas of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and survey research. Discourse analysis studies examined include research on classroom language, discourse in other settings such as work environments, business telephone communication, news media discourse, and student language…
Descriptors: Chinese, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English
Li Lee, May-yu – 1983
Two experiments were undertaken in Hong Kong to examine sociocultural factors in the speech acts of making apologies in Cantonese. The first experiment involved ten men who were given role cards describing various situations with minor to serious problems for which they must apologize. The influence of certain situational variables on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cantonese, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
