Language use of a trilingual child in Hong Kong in her solitary pretend play and her interaction with her parents

Evidentiality and identity positioning in online disputes about language use in Hong Kong

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice ◽

10.1558/jalpp.35604 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 53-74

Author(s):

Jamie McKeown ◽

Hans J. Ladegaard

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Language Use ◽

Identity Positioning

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English language schooling, linguistic realities, and the native speaker of English in Hong Kong

Multilingua ◽

10.1515/multi-2016-0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 275-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jette G. Hansen Edwards

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

English Language ◽

Language Use ◽

Native Speakers ◽

Native Speaker ◽

Native Language ◽

Educational Background ◽

Government School ◽

The Impact ◽

At Home

AbstractThe study employs a case study approach to examine the impact of educational backgrounds on nine Hong Kong tertiary students’ English and Cantonese language practices and identifications as native speakers of English and Cantonese. The study employed both survey and interview data to probe the participants’ English and Cantonese language use at home, school, and with peers/friends. Leung, Harris, and Rampton’s (1997, The idealized native speaker, reified ethnicities, and classroom realities.TESOL Quarterly 31(3). 543–560) framework of language affiliation, language expertise, and inheritance was used to examine the construction of a native language identity in a multilingual setting. The study found that educational background – and particularly international school experience in contrast to local government school education – had an impact on the participants’ English language usage at home and with peers, and also affected their language expertise in Cantonese. English language use at school also impacted their identifications as native speakers of both Cantonese and English, with Cantonese being viewed largely as native language based on inheritance while English was being defined as native based on their language expertise, affiliation and use, particularly in contrast to their expertise in, affiliation with, and use of Cantonese.

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