Identity politics and Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty: Analysing the discourse of Hong Kong's first Chief Executive

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1551-1578

  Flowerdew, John ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CDA; Chinese; Decolonialisation; Hong Kong; Naturalisation; Power; Presupposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344698671     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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