Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-1999
Abstract
In the present study, we examined the relationship of social identity (Hongkonger or Chinese) and the attitudes toward bilingual code switching in a conversation between a Hong Kong person and a Chinese Mainlander. Students from a local university in Hong Kong (N = 159) listened to a four-turn conversation between a Hong Kong person and a Mainlander in a wedding party. As expected, when the speaker converged to the Putonghua (the Mainland official language), those who claimed a Hongkonger identity judged the Hong Kong speaker less favourably than did those who claimed a Chinese identity. In addition, participants who claimed a Chinese identity judged the Hong Kong speaker more favourably when he converged to Putonghua than when he maintained Cantonese (a Chinese dialect most commonly used in Hong Kong). Finally, social identity was unrelated to language attitudes when the Mainland speaker converged to Cantonese first.
Keywords
social identity, bilingual code switching, Mandarin, Cantonese, Chinese, Hong Kong, China
Discipline
Asian Studies | Multicultural Psychology | Personality and Social Contexts
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume
23
Issue
2
First Page
281
Last Page
296
ISSN
0147-1767
Identifier
10.1016/s0147-1767(98)00039-x
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
TONG, Yuk-Yue, HONG, Ying-Yi, LEE, Sau-Lai, & CHIU, Chi-Yue.(1999). Language Use as Carrier of Social Identity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23(2), 281-296.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0147-1767(98)00039-x
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