The trouble with tongzhi: The politics of labeling among gay and lesbian Hongkongers

Pragmatics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-301

  Wong, Andrew D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Language and sexuality; Naming; Semantic change; Social category labels

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749097800     PISSN: 10182101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/prag.18.2.05won     Document Type: Article

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