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In:Cultural Conceptualizations of the SELF in Hong Kong English
Denisa Latić
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 19] 2025
► pp. 130–232

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Chapter 4
Findings

Published online: 16 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.19.c4

Article outline

4.1Semi-structured ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions
- 4.1.1The cognitive level of language use
  - 4.1.1.1Cantonese
  - 4.1.1.2English
  - 4.1.1.3Hong Kong English
  - 4.1.1.4Mandarin
- 4.1.2Hong Kong
  - 4.1.2.1Culture and spirituality
  - 4.1.2.2Hong Kong people
- 4.1.3Differences to mainland China
- 4.1.4A conceptual network of the self
4.2Online survey
- 4.2.1Ghosts, ancestors, and gods
- 4.2.2Likert scale results: Conceptualizations of language
  - 4.2.2.1Conceptualizing cantonese
  - 4.2.2.2Conceptualizing hong kong english
  - 4.2.2.3Conceptualizing mandarin (Putonghua)
- 4.2.3Conceptualizations of categories pertaining to the self
  - 4.2.3.1Conceptualizing hong kong
  - 4.2.3.2Conceptualizing hongkonger
- 4.2.4Conceptualizations of categories pertaining to the other
- 4.2.5Intermediate conclusions
4.32019/20 protest data: Conceptualizations of the self in a transient linguistic landscape
- 4.3.1Conceptualizing the self
  - 4.3.1.1Hongkongers
  - 4.3.1.2Protesters
  - 4.3.1.3Hong Kong
- 4.3.2Conceptualizing the other
  - 4.3.2.1The Hong Kong police
  - 4.3.2.2Carrie Lam
  - 4.3.2.3China, the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping
- 4.3.3Conceptual binary of self and other
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