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Article: Bad and banned language: triad secret societies, the censorship of the Cantonese vernacular, and colonial language policy in Hong Kong
Title | Bad and banned language: triad secret societies, the censorship of the Cantonese vernacular, and colonial language policy in Hong Kong |
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Keywords | Linguistics |
Issue Date | 1995 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LSY |
Citation | Language in Society, 1995, v. 24 n. 2, p. 159-186 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The language of Chinese secret societies ('triads') in Hong Kong can be studied by relating triad language to anti-languages, to taboo language, and to the status of the vernacular in sociolinguistic theory. Also examined here are the laws in Hong Kong concerning triad language, and the attitudes of government agencies charged with policing the media. One striking feature of the Hong Kong situation is that the use of triad jargon can in some circumstances constitute a serious criminal offense. However, triad language also appears to be a source of innovation, through the popular media, into mainstream Hong Kong Cantonese. Research on triad language is relevant to the relationship between colonialism and language control. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/42331 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.876 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Bolton, KR | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Hutton, CM | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-29T08:46:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2007-01-29T08:46:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Language in Society, 1995, v. 24 n. 2, p. 159-186 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-4045 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/42331 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The language of Chinese secret societies ('triads') in Hong Kong can be studied by relating triad language to anti-languages, to taboo language, and to the status of the vernacular in sociolinguistic theory. Also examined here are the laws in Hong Kong concerning triad language, and the attitudes of government agencies charged with policing the media. One striking feature of the Hong Kong situation is that the use of triad jargon can in some circumstances constitute a serious criminal offense. However, triad language also appears to be a source of innovation, through the popular media, into mainstream Hong Kong Cantonese. Research on triad language is relevant to the relationship between colonialism and language control. | en_HK |
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dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LSY | en_HK |
dc.rights | Language in Society. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | en_HK |
dc.subject | Linguistics | en_HK |
dc.title | Bad and banned language: triad secret societies, the censorship of the Cantonese vernacular, and colonial language policy in Hong Kong | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0047-4045&volume=24&issue=2&spage=159&epage=186&date=1995&atitle=Bad+and+banned+language:+triad+secret+societies,+the+censorship+of+the+Cantonese+vernacular,+and+colonial+language+policy+in+Hong+Kong | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0047404500018571 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84972468509 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 15220 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:A1995RA24500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0047-4045 | - |