Essays about: "Cantonese and English"

Found 2 essays containing the words Cantonese and English.

1. 1. Language attitudes in the People’s Republic of China’s leading English-language newspaper, China Daily

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Petter Andersson; [2008]
   Keywords : : language planning; the PRC; Putonghua; Shanghai dialect; Cantonese and English;

   Abstract : Since time immemorial, various governments in China have attempted to promulgate writing reforms and speech reforms in order to unite the nation, mostly for political gain. The aim of this paper is to discover and analyze some language issues in the People’s Republic of China, specifically attitudes and comments on spoken usage of Putonghua (also called Modern Standard Chinese), Shanghai dialect, Cantonese and English by researching China Daily’s online newspaper article archive. READ MORE

3. 2. Codeswitching in print advertisements in Hong Kong and Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Carrie Leung; [2006]
   Keywords : Sociolinguistics; Codeswitching; Advertising; Bilingualism; Hong Kong; Cantonese - kantonesiska; Swedish - svenska; Kodväxling; Tvåspråkighet; Reklamspråk; Språkbyte; Applied linguistics; foreign languages teaching; sociolinguistics; Tillämpad lingvistik; undervisning i främmande språk; sociolingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present study focuses on the codeswitching phenomenon in Hong Kong and Swedish print newspaper advertisements. With a contrastive analysis of code-switched advertisements from Hong Kong and Sweden, this paper will also describe the patterns and structures of Cantonese-English and Swedish-English codeswitchings, what are mixed and the reasons why people code-switch. READ MORE