Language in post-colonial Hong Kong: The roles of english and Chinese in the public and private sectors

English World-Wide

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-268

  Evans, Stephen ^a   Green, Christopher ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84989395446     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.22.2.04eva     Document Type: Article

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