In:Cultural Conceptualizations of the SELF in Hong Kong English
Denisa Latić
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 19] 2025
► pp. 55–119
Chapter 2The cultural and linguistic history of Hong Kong
A diachronic account
Published online: 16 September 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.19.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.19.c2
Article outline
- 2.1Pre-colonial era
- 2.2British Hong Kong
- 2.2.1Demographic development of Hong Kong
- 2.2.2The evolution of a distinct identity in British Hong Kong’s society
- 2.2.3Colonial and post-colonial language policy and education system
- 2.3The Handover, a.k.a. the return to the Motherland
- 2.4Pro-democracy protests 2014 and 2019/20
- 2.5Hong Kong culture
- 2.5.1ancestor worship
- 2.5.2Family and filial piety
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