How English is Hong Kong?: A review of Hong Kong English: Autonomy and Creativity edited by Kingsley Bolton (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press)

Lee-Wong, Song Mei

doi:10.1075/japc.13.2.08lee

Review article published In: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
Vol. 13:2 (2003) ► pp.301–312

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How English is Hong Kong?

A review of Hong Kong English: Autonomy and Creativity edited by Kingsley Bolton (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press)

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Song Mei Lee-Wong | Department of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, The University of Melbourne

Published online: 6 January 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.13.2.08lee

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