DIGLOSSIA AND MULTILINGUALISM  – ISSUES IN LANGUAGE CONTACT  AND LANGUAGE SHIFT IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG PRE AND POST- 1997

dc.creator	CLARE WRIGHT
dc.date	2008-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:28:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:28:22Z
dc.identifier	1743-159X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8479cf1213c1415597609e8c9b46d464
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30647
dc.description	This paper looks at patterns of language use in Hong Kong around the time of the end of colonial rule by Britain in 1997 to identify some of the issues arising in that context from language contact and language shift. Two different models used in the study of multilingualism or bilingualism will be discussed – language use reflecting function or status (diglossia) and overlapping language forms reflecting linguistic constraints (code-switching). The changes in language use and form in Hong Kong are seen to be more dynamic than traditional models of diglossia or code-switching suggest, which may partly indicate the special history of language contact in Hong Kong, but also may indicate the need for more flexible models of multilingualism.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Newcastle University
dc.relation	http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/vol5_documents/Articles/wright_vol5.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1743-159X
dc.source	Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Vol 5, Pp 263-279 (2008)
dc.subject	bilingualism
dc.subject	diglossia
dc.subject	code-switching
dc.subject	language policy
dc.subject	language contact
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	DIGLOSSIA AND MULTILINGUALISM – ISSUES IN LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LANGUAGE SHIFT IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG PRE AND POST- 1997
dc.type	article