The linguistic landscape of Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-272

  Lai, Mee Ling ^a  

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

Author keywords

China influence; Hong Kong; linguistic landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880004349     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2012.708036     Document Type: Article

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