Two decades of decolonization and renationalization: the evolutionary dynamics of Hong Kong English and an update of its functions and status

• Published in: Asian Englishes Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 2 - 14
• Main Author: Li, David C. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Dynamic Model; Education policy; English for academic purposes; evolutionary dynamics; Hong Kong English; Language of instruction; medium of instruction; postcolonial Englishes; Postcolonialism; Secondary schools; Sociolinguistics; South Asian English; Hong Kong

This paper is an update of Luke and Richards and Li on the functions and status of English in postcolonial Hong Kong. Two decades after the handover, relatively little has changed except in the education domain. The 'mother tongue education' policy implemented from September 1998, whereby...