Comments on: Multilingual Hong Kong

By: Xiaoxiao Chen

Xiaoxiao Chen — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:27:04 +0000

Thanks Ingrid for sharing the multilingual Hong Kong! In mainland China, such code-switching is also something common, especially among young people. I’m not sure about how pedestrians here view code-switching like this; personally I don’t think code-mixing of Chinese and English is a great way of expressing oneself. However, I should acknowledge that such code-switching seems to be unavoidable in cases when we cannot find proper Chinese words to express the same ideas as the English words, e.g. the words “present” and “presentations” can hardly be expressed in pure Chinese. Ingrid’s post has informed me that this film will also provide insights into practices of bilingualism in mainland China. I’m looking forward to seeing it soon!

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:27:30 +0000

We are having a Bangkok premiere tonight. My students from Intercultural Issues at Assumption University will be watching the film as part of their classroom activity – a cool way of finishing this year! Thanks, Katherine and Ingrid!

By: vahid

vahid — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:37:53 +0000

Sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. best, vahid

By: khan

khan — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:07:03 +0000

Thanks Ingrid for an interesting post. Just to share a thought, all of us know that code-mixing and code-switching is an inevitable reality of our globalised world. However, it is still contested. For some ” poor language competence” or ” ill manners” and for other “valuable resource”. Those who understand the importance of having the ability to use two codes in stead of one for a variety of purpses never leave such opportunties. In fact they put in great efforts, money and time to get two valuable resources. We all know very well that such langauge practices are very indexical. In case of Pakistan, if you can switich in and out of English with ease and fluency, you immediately construct a different social identity for yourself with loads of positive social meanings easily tranferrable to economic and other benefits.

By: Shiva

Shiva — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:58:49 +0000

Dear Ingrid,
Thank you for such a fascinating post! Very interesting! And interestingly, the same is true in Persian as well! 😉

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