Code-switching in Hong Kong

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	Code-switching in Hong Kong
	Chan, Brian Hok-Shing
	2025-02
Source Publication	Language Contact: An International Handbook (Volume 2)
Author of Source	Jeroen Darquennes, Joe Salmons and Wim Vandenbussche (eds.)
Publisher	Mouton De Gruyter
Abstract	This chapter offers a longitudinal review of the extant literature on Cantonese-English code-switching (or code-mixing) in Hong Kong. Earlier accounts of the phenomenon in terms of general semantic or pragmatic motivations are critiqued, but it is considered more fruitful to examine systematic variation in code-switching practices in different communicative contexts. Various patterns of code-switching may be associated with different styles which convey different speaker identities, or they are attributable to different registers, genres and media. In written registers, multilingual practices may involve not only code-switching but also script-switching, for instance, the use of both Chinese characters and the English alphabets. In addition to code-switching and script-switching, non-linguistic visual resources, such as emojis and pictures, are often employed in online communication, and the multilingual and multimodal practices are better understood as translanguaging.
Keyword	Code-switching Hong Kong Styles Of Code-switching Script Switching Translanguaging
Subject Area	Linguistics
WOS Subject	Linguistics
WOS Research Area	Linguistics
Document Type	Book chapter
Collection	Faculty of Arts and Humanities DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Affiliation	The University of Macau
First Author Affilication	University of Macau
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Chan, Brian Hok-Shing. Code-switching in Hong Kong[M]. Language Contact: An International Handbook (Volume 2):Mouton De Gruyter, 2025.
APA	Chan, Brian Hok-Shing.(2025). Code-switching in Hong Kong. Language Contact: An International Handbook (Volume 2).

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