Language in Transitional Hong Kong: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

Autor/in	Evans, Stephen
Titel	Language in Transitional Hong Kong: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 31 (2010) 4, S.347-363 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
Schlagwörter	Language Patterns; Foreign Countries; Mandarin Chinese; English (Second Language); Social Change; Foreign Policy; Language Usage; Employment; Language Role; Sino Tibetan Languages; Language Planning; Multilingualism; Public Sector; Private Sector; Business Communication; Hong Kong; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sozialer Wandel; Außenpolitik; Sprachgebrauch; Dienstverhältnis; Sprachwechsel; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Öffentlicher Sektor; Privater Sektor; Unternehmenskommunikation; Hongkong; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article explores the impact of Hong Kong's transition from British colony to Chinese Special Administrative Region on patterns of language use in the domain of professional employment. In particular, it presents the findings of a large-scale multifaceted investigation into the roles of Putonghua, Cantonese, written Chinese and English in the civil service, government-related organisations, and public and private companies. The study therefore offers much-needed perspectives on the viability of China's "one country, two systems" framework and the vitality of Hong Kong's "biliterate and trilingual" policy more than a decade after the handover. The findings indicate that English remains the default medium of written professional communication in both the public and private sectors, while Cantonese is the unmarked medium of intra-ethnic spoken communication. Despite Hong Kong's political and economic reintegration with the mainland, written Chinese and Putonghua currently play only a limited role in business and professional communication. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10