Multilingual Hong Kong
Subtitle: a sociolinguistic case study of code-switching
By: a production of For Yue Films ; produced and directed by Katharine Chen and Gray Carper
Contributors: For Yue Films; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: chi; eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Code switching (Linguistics); Sociolinguistics; Bilingualism
Description: A case study of code-switching in a bicultural community: Hong Kong. Interviews with residents reveals how and why they intermix Cantonese and English.
Notes: Subtitles, Ronald Best ; music, Bjorn Lynne, Jogeir Liljedahl, Music Bakery.

DVD.

Chiefly Chinese with English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Translation: frustration; title: Hong Kong portrait; title: Code-mixing foundations; title: Who code-mixes?; title: The role of English; title: Translation: hunt; title: Reasons for code-mixing; title: Translation: approximation; title: Language beliefs and policies; title: Public attitudes; title: Translation: unnecessary; title: Closing remarks.