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Mainland Chinese students' English use in Macao

2013; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0266078413000175

1474-0567

Kun Zhang,

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Macao, a former colony of Portugal, is located in the western side of the Pearl River estuary, adjoining the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone and facing the South China Sea. It is much smaller than its ‘big brother’ Hong Kong, having a total land area of 29.5 sq km and a population of around 540,000, of which 94.3% are ethnic Chinese (DSEC, 2011).