TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors affecting the acceptability of grammatical features of Hong Kong English
T2 - Undergraduate students’ ambivalence towards the grammatical features of Hong Kong English
AU - Ting, Shawnea Sum Pok
AU - Wong, Janice Wing Sze
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2018
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Although a large number of varieties of English in Asia have gained recognition as independent varieties, this has not been the case for Hong Kong English (HKE) (Jenkins, 2015: 162). The city has a low level of affiliation towards HKE (Jenkins, 2015: 167) and often laments its ever-falling standard of English (Leung, 2015). There exists a phenomenon of ‘linguistic schizophrenia’ – the community may recognise that a local variety of English exists and conform to its features in practice, but it still looks to native varieties as the norm and views local features as evidence of deteriorating language standards (Kachru, 1983: 118).
AB - Although a large number of varieties of English in Asia have gained recognition as independent varieties, this has not been the case for Hong Kong English (HKE) (Jenkins, 2015: 162). The city has a low level of affiliation towards HKE (Jenkins, 2015: 167) and often laments its ever-falling standard of English (Leung, 2015). There exists a phenomenon of ‘linguistic schizophrenia’ – the community may recognise that a local variety of English exists and conform to its features in practice, but it still looks to native varieties as the norm and views local features as evidence of deteriorating language standards (Kachru, 1983: 118).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049037535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0266078418000172
DO - 10.1017/S0266078418000172
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85049037535
SN - 0266-0784
VL - 35
SP - 29
EP - 35
JO - English Today
JF - English Today
IS - 2
ER -
