Abstract
The current study reports on a preliminary investigation of two conflations in Hong Kong English (HKE) – [n,l] conflation and [r, v, w] conflation – which have rarely been examined in previous studies wherein the two conflations were considered to exist in “free variation”, the result of the limited HKE inventories (Hung, 2000; Sewell & Chan, 2010). However, by investigating a 5791-word mini corpus composed of speeches from 29 HKE speakers, it is believed that a loose pattern exists in the two conflations. This short report hopes to trigger further investigations in the study of phonetic features of HKE – which in turn may help the development of the variety of English in different scopes of scholarship.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 280-285 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2022 |
| Event | Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture - Duration: 1 Aug 2022 → 1 Aug 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture |
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| Period | 1/08/22 → 1/08/22 |
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