Linguistic Movements in Hong Kong: Linguistic Nationalism and Cultural Hegemony

Hong Kong English: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

Hong Kong English (HKE) has been the subject of a growing body of research over the last few decades. This article presents an overview of research into HKE from both linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. The first section reviews the linguistic features of HKE at phonological, grammatical and lexical levels as documented in the literature. In the second section of the article, the devel...

Cultural models of linguistic standardization

Fathoming the Cultural Schema of Ta’ne in Persian Language: A Cultural Linguistic Study

The aim of the present article is to probe the functions of the cultural schema of Ta’ne (sarcasm) in Persian. Results from 100 recorded instantiations of Ta’ne accumulated through ethnographic approach indicated that it served different functions including complaint, criticism, insult, contempt, humor, and compliment. The results were then discussed with reference to the cultural differences i...

Managing Linguistic Nationalism through Constitutional Design: Lessons from South Asia

Evolutionary approaches to cultural and linguistic diversity.

Evolutionary approaches to cultural change are increasingly influential, and many scientists believe that a 'grand synthesis' is now in sight. The papers in this Theme Issue, which derives from a symposium held by the AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity (University College London) in December 2008, focus on how the phylogenetic tree-building and network-based techniques used to ...