ccen4019 l5

Task 1a

Read the following statements and decide if they are cases of code-mixing,

lexical borrowing, or controversial.

1. 1. 佢肥咗一科

• code-mixing

• lexical borrowing

• controversial

Task 1a

Read the following statements and decide if they are cases of code-mixing,

lexical borrowing, or controversial.

1. 2. 你英文pa-唔pa-sih呀

• code-mixing

• lexical borrowing

• controversial

Task 1b

The following is a dialogue between two university students.

你自己做powerpoint嚟present?

係呀...有啲download唔到java windows...

Powerpoint都開唔到?

• code-mixing

• lexical borrowing

• controversial

Task 1b

The following is a dialogue between two university students.

我有時候唔知點解開唔到啲faai lo...

• code-mixing

• lexical borrowing

• controversial

Task 1

Therefore, code mixing is commonly found in

advertisements of technological or innovative products such as computers and mobile phones (see Example ________).

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Besides English, Japanese is also commonly found in the print advertisements in

Hong Kong (see Example ___________)

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

It is remarkable

to note that code mixing is even used in promotional messages prepared by the government (see Example

____________)

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

and public transport companies (see Example _____________) in Hong Kong

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

In

Example _______________, the word “van” (one syllable) is much shorter than its Chinese translation (小

型公共汽車 with six syllables)

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E