Language use, and language policy and planning in hong kong

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-66

  Poon, Anita Y K ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biliteracy; Code mixing; Hong kong; Hong kong cantonese; Hong kong english; Hong kong identity; Language policy; Language use; Trilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951671043     PISSN: 14664208     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14664201003682327     Document Type: Article

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