THE NAMING OF HONG KONGERS’ AUTOSTEREOTYPES (BASED ON THE NOVELS WRITTEN BY HONG KONG AUTHORS)

Abstract

This article continues the authors’ research on Hong Kong variety of the English language and the culture of its speakers, based on the novels written by Hong Kong authors, and discusses the analysis of stereotypes and autostereotypes, as well as the research of Hong Kongers’ linguistic identity through the terms of address and self-naming, which they use. Finally, the author looks for a decision of the problem whether Hong Kongers have an identity crisis or they know exactly where they are. This research is based on the content-related text analysis and on linguistic and comparative methods.