The Politics of Language in Hong Kong

This book investigates the politics of language in Hong Kong from a multidisciplinary perspective, showcasing original studies on language use in protest movements, written Cantonese, language attitudes, literary creation, mass media and popular music.

Jean-François Dupré is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Université TÉLUQ, Canada.

1. Conceptualizing the Politics of Language in Hong Kong 2. Ideologically driven divergence in Cantonese vernacular writing practices 3. Cantonese as a Protest Language in Hong Kong-1967, 2014, and 2019 4. One city, whose languages? Changing language attitudes in Hong Kong 5. Decolonization of the mind: the politics of translanguaging and post-2019 Hong Kong English poetry 6. The Use of Name-Calling in Social Movements: Evidence from Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB Movement 7. Representing New Hongkongers in Newspapers: A Corpus-based Study 8. Two Tales of a City: a Digital Investigation of Tat Ming Pair and Beyond in Pre-Handover Hong Kong