Towards conceptualizing linguistic identities in English as a lingua franca communication: the experiences of multilingual international students in a Hong Kong university

China English or Chinese English?

“…5 Where English has official language status in a country or territory characterized by multilingualism, the chance for English to be used by its peoplefor lingua franca or intra-ethnic communication, as L2 if not L1is higher (cf. Sung, 2020Sung, , 2022. Given that English is used as everyday language locally, a greater sense of ownership is to be expected: English is arguably a language of the locals.…”