RESEARCH METHODS AND BIBILOGRAPHY

RESEARCH METHODS

At the beginning, we read about theories of language and identity as well as the prevalence of Hakka in different stage of Hong Kong through literature. However, the acquired knowledge is not comprehensive enough for us to jump to the conclusion. In order to understand better the attitudes of the Hakka speakers and their progeny towards the changing of prevalence of the language, we interviewed three people of different age groups. Two of them are Indigenous Hakka speakers. The third interviewee is the son of the second one, who is a Cantonese speaker with no acquisition of Hakka. Based on the analysis of interviews and the relevant ideas in literature, we have found some results to be discussed in details.

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