出版社：GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
摘要：Many in Hong Kong voice concerns about the fate of Cantonese, including nativists (“localists”)the general public. Guangzhou is seen as a harbinger of diminishing Cantonese in Hong Kong. Newscommentaries paint a gloomy picture of Cantonese in Guangzhou. Yet rarely do we read about surveys on the range of Cantonese useidentity in Guangzhou. Neither do we see analyses on how the social context differences between Hong KongGuangzhou may have contributed to the two cities’ unique language situations. Our study delineates the GuangzhouHong Kong language situations, comparing mother tongues, ordinary languages,language attitudes. Cantonese is unrivalled in Hong Kongremains vital in Guangzhou. We put the two cities’ different use frequencyproficiency of CantonesePutonghua (“Mandarin”) in the sociocultural context of motivationmigration. We conclude that some claims of diminishing Cantonese are unsupported. We also address how likely it is that Cantonese will diminish or even be replaced in Hong Kong.
