“港式中文”与语言变体

Abstract

“港式中文”,是社会变体、地域变体和功能变体的综合体。它以标准汉语为基础,同时又长期而且多方位地受到粤方言、英语和文言文的影响,具有鲜明的香港特色,是属于一种过渡性质的中间书面语。讨论“港式中文”形成的原因、性质和特点,对探索共同语、方言以及外语的交融和影响,探索口语对书面语的影响和渗透,探索语言变体的形成,都具有重要的意义。 Hongkong Chinese is a synthesis of social, regional and functional variations. It is based upon standard Chinese, and has been long multiorientationally influenced by Cantonese, English and classical Chinese. Thus it has vivid Hongkong speciality and is a transitional written interlingua. This paper deals with the formation of "Hongkong Chinese", its character and its speciality, with focus on its variation means. The study of this field will shed light on issues like the mingling of and the interplay between Mandarin, the dialects and the foreign languages, colloquial language’s impact on and penetration into written language, and the formation of language variations, etc.