Language Use as Carrier of Social Identity

• Main Authors: TONG, Yuk-Yue, HONG, Ying-Yi, LEE, Sau-Lai, CHIU, Chi-Yue
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: social identity; bilingual code switching; Mandarin; Cantonese; Chinese; Hong Kong; China; Asian Studies; Multicultural Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/282; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1281/viewcontent/Tong_Hong_Lee_Chiu_LanguageUse_Carrier_Soc_Id_1999.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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 conve...