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1、DialectsofenglishDialectsofenglishseriesEditors:JoanBeal,PatrickHoneybone&AprilMcMahonBooksinthisseriesprovideconcise,up-to-datedocumentationforvarietiesofEnglishfromaroundtheworld.Writtenbyexpertswhohaveconductedfirst-handresearch,thevolumesprovideastartingpointforanyonewishing
2、toknowmoreaboutaparticulardialect.Eachvolumefollowsacommonstructure,coveringthebackground,phoneticsandphonology,morphosyntax,lexisandhistoryofavarietyofEnglish,andconcludeswithanannotatedbibliographyandsomesampletexts.DialectsofenglishHongKHongKongEnglisHHongKongEnglisHJaneSette
3、r,CathyS.P.WongandBrianH.S.ChanscathyongEnglisHJanesetter,ThisvolumeprovidesanoverviewofallaspectsofHongKongEnglishinastyledesignedforundergraduatesandgeneralreaders.AsaformerBritishcolony,HongKongusedEnglishasthelanguageofgovernment,lawandeducationintheearlydaysofcolonialrule.S
4、incetheHandoverfromBritishtoChineserulein1997,itisnolongerusedastheprimarylanguageofgovernment;however,thestatusofEnglishhassurvivedthedeclineofcolonialrule,asEnglishhasbecomeaninternationallanguagewhichisindispensableforaservice-orientedeconomysuchaspresent-dayHongKong.Itsuseis
5、stillwidespreadinlegalcontexts,andEnglishisthemediumofinstructioninatleastaquarterofsecondaryschools.Outwiththerealmofeducation,Englishisimportantasameansofinternationalcommunicationinthefieldsofbankingandfinance,business,andinthetourismandhospitalityindustry.Englishisthereforei
6、ntegratedintoHongKonglifeinvariouswaysandthishasresultedinathrivinganddevelopingvarietyofEnglish.ThisbookdescribesEnglishinHongKongasash..P.Wong&Brianlinguisticphenomenonfromthepointofviewoflanguagestructure,butalsotakesintoaccounthistorical,socio-culturalandsocio-politicaldevel
7、opments.JanesetterisSeniorLecturerinPhoneticsintheDepartmentofAppliedLinguisticsattheUniversityofReading.Cathys.P.WongisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofEnglishatTheHongKongPolytechnicUniversity.BrianH.s.ChanisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofEnglishattheUniversityofMacau.ch
8、an.ISBn9780748635962EdinburghUniversityPress22G
