◇本書綜閤使用語言學、語言人類學、社會學、曆史學的理論與方法，首次深入、細緻、全麵地討論瞭早期香港華人社會形成時期的語言騭社會羽互動關係，描述瞭香港華人社會的語言選擇進程，揭示瞭這一進程背後的社會文化因素。

◇全書共計六章，導論；香港殖民地與早期香港華人社會的形成；早期香港華入社會與漢語方言；翠期香港華人社會與英語；早期香港華入社會與洋涇浜英語；結論。

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目錄

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Colony and the Chinese Community

2.1 Hong Kong as ' a Part of China'

2.2 Growing and Floating: Chinese Population

2.3 The Chinese Community: Social Structure

2.4 Between the Chinese and the Europeans: a Chasm

Chapter 3 The Chinese Community and the Chinese Dialects

3.1 The Chinese Ethnic Groups

3.2 The Chinese Ethnic Groups and the Chinese Ethnic Dialects

3.3 EV and Cantonese as a Common Language

3.4 Cantonese and Its Varieties in Early Hong Kong

Chapter 4 The Chinese Community and English

4.1 Church Schools and Chinese Learning English

4.2 Government Schools and Chinese Learning English

4.3 The Government and Chinese Learning English

4.4 Chinese Rejecting English: Power and Culture

Chapter 5 The Chinese Community and Chinese Pidgin English

5.1 CPE: from Canton and Macao to Hong Kong

5.2 The Users of CPE

5.3 CPE : Language Acquisition

5.4 Function of CPE

5.5 The Decline of CPE

Chapter 6 Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

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