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Autore |
Wong May |
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Titolo |
Hong Kong English : Exploring Lexicogrammar and Discourse from a Corpus-Linguistic Perspective / / by May Wong |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2017 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XVIII, 213 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
Linguistic change |
Languages |
Language and languages |
Lexicology |
Discourse analysis |
Corpus Linguistics |
Language Change |
Asian Languages |
Lexicology/Vocabulary |
Discourse Analysis |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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- Chapter 1. Hong Kong English: an overview -- PART I: LEXICOGRAMMAR -- Chapter 2. Tag questions -- Chapter 3. Collective nouns -- PART II: DISCOURSE -- Chapter 4. Expressions of gratitude -- Chapter 5. Code-mixing of indigenous Cantonese words into English -- Chapter 6. Linguistic variation in digital discourse: the case of blogs -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Indigenous Cantonese expressions in ICE-HK -- Appendix 2. Positive and negative keywords of blogs in Hong Kong English. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book systematically examines the linguistic features and socio-cultural issues of ‘Hong Kong English’. The author focuses on authentic data taken from the International Corpus of English (the Hong Kong component) and the Corpus of Global Web-based English to track the |
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