Andrew Sewell
List of John Benjamins publications in which Andrew Sewell is involved.
Articles
2026 The semiotic construction of cha chaan teng tea cafés in Hong Kong: A geosemiotic and historical perspective Linguistic Landscape: Online-First Articles | Article
The Hong Kong-style cha chaan teng (茶餐廳), or tea cafés, are a key feature of the local foodscape and they are internationally known and recognised. However, their semiotic aspects have received little scholarly attention. This paper combines a geosemiotic analysis of cha chaan tengs with a… read more
2017 Functional load revisited: Reinterpreting the findings of ‘lingua franca’ intelligibility studies Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 3:1, pp. 57–79 | Article
The concept of functional load has been invoked for nearly a century in both research and pedagogy relating to pronunciation. However, it often suffers from a certain vagueness of definition. This article revisits the concept of functional load, outlining its origins and placing it within… read more
2010 Patterns of variation in the consonantal phonology of Hong Kong English English World-Wide 31:2, pp. 138–161 | Article
This paper examines inter-speaker phonological variation within a mini-corpus of spoken Hong Kong English. The study focuses on consonantal features, and indicates that variation in the use of these features follows patterns that are implicational or hierarchical in nature. The findings are… read more