Description |
xvii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Studies in English language |
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Studies in English language.
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Contents |
1. New Englishes and World Englishes: pluricentric approaches to English worldwide -- 2. The sociolinguistics of English in late colonial Hong Kong, 1980-1997 -- 3. The archaeology of 'Chinese Englishes', 1637-1949 -- 4. The emergency of Hong Kong English as a 'new English' -- 5. Hong Kong, China and Chinese Englishes -- App. 1. Chinese dialects in China -- App. 2. Chinese dialects in Guangdong (Canton) province -- App. 3. The Yale system for transcribing Cantonese -- App. 4. The Common Foreign Language of the Redhaired People (1835) -- App. 5. The vocabulary of Hong Kong English |
Summary |
"This book explores the history of the English language in China from the arrival of the first English-speaking traders in the early seventeenth century to the present. Kingsley Bolton brings together and examines a substantial body of historical, linguistic, and sociolinguistic research on the description and analysis of English in Hong Kong and China. He uses early word-lists, satirical cartoons and data from journals and memoirs, as well as more conventional sources, to uncover the forgotten history of English in China and to show how contemporary Hong Kong English has its historical roots in Chinese pidgin English. The book also considers the varying status of English in Mainland China over time, and recent developments since 1997. With its interdisciplinary perspective, the book will appeal not only to linguists, but to all those working in the fields as Asian studies and English studies, including those concerned with cultural and literary studies."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-326) and index |
Subject |
English language -- Dialects -- China.
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English language -- China.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- China.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers.
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English language -- China -- History.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers -- History.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- China -- History.
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English language -- Variation -- China.
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English language -- Social aspects -- China.
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LC no. |
2002031199 |
ISBN |
0521811635 |
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