Hong Kong 1

Listen to Hong Kong 1, a 20-year-old woman from Hong Kong who has also spent time in the Philippines and the United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/10/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Batangas, Philippines (but raised in Hong Kong)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Chinese

OCCUPATION: singer

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The speaker was born in the Philippines and spent the first nine years of her life there, though she is ethnically Chinese and grew up speaking Chinese. She then spent the next seven years of her life in Hong Kong. At the time of this recording, she had been living in Los Angeles, California, United States, for four years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Marco Sciascia

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/04/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I am a “Hong Konger.” I enjoy singing. My favorite color is green. I have a dog. My favorite food is ice cream.

[Subject then speaks the same text in Chinese]:  我是香港人   我喜歡唱歌   我最喜歡的顏色是綠色   我家養狗   我最喜歡吃雪糕

TRANSCRIBED BY: Kelly Margareth Lee

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/04/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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