Exploring language stereotypes in post-colonial Hong Kong through the matched-guise test

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-244

  Lai, Mee Ling ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 34548386951     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.17.2.05lai     Document Type: Article

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