Steven Evans

List of John Benjamins publications in which Steven Evans is involved.

Articles

Evans, Steven 2009 The evolution of the English-language speech community in Hong Kong English World-Wide 30:3, pp. 278–301 | Article

This article traces the evolution of the English-language speech community in Hong Kong since the early 1840s. Inspired by Schneider’s (2007) innovative “Dynamic Model”, the article examines textual and statistical data derived from a range of hitherto unexploited archival sources, including a… read more

Evans, Steven and Christopher R. Green 2001 Language in post-colonial Hong Kong: The roles of English and Chinese in the public and private sectors English World-Wide 22:2, pp. 247–268 | Article

This article reports the findings of an investigation into the roles of English and Chinese in the workplace in post-1997 Hong Kong. The findings are derived from a questionnaire survey of 1 475 professionals, focus-group interviews and case studies. The study found that English continues to… read more