Issues in Bilingualism and Biculturalism describes the nature and
extent of code-mixing in Hong Kong in the 1990s. It is mainly based
on written data obtained from the local Chinese press collected
systematically over a period of two years since late 1992. While
previous studies on code-mixing between Cantonese and English in
Hong Kong tend to emphasize sociolinguistic motivations, this book
presents evidence that much of the code-mixing behaviour, be it in
print or in speech, may be traced back to linguistic motivations at
work resulting from sustained contact between Cantonese, modern
standard Chinese and increasingly, English. This study further
argues that, largely as a correlate of biculturalism, code-mixing -
which is indicative of linguistic convergence in the mind of the
average Hong Kong bilingual - is simply unstoppable, given that the
norms prescribed for the written standard varieties of Chinese and
English deviate considerably from those of the vernacular
Cantonese.
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