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Literature, Linguistics & Criticism

Orthographic variation < Macau>/<Macao > and Macau identity

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Article: 2360182 | Received 19 Mar 2024, Accepted 22 May 2024, Published online: 31 May 2024

Figures & data

Table 1. Orthographic regimes for different types of texts (Adapted from Sebba, Citation2007:47).

Table 2. Number of tokens and hits of < MACAO>/<MACAU > in each subcorpus.

Table 3. Frequency of < Macau>/<Macao > according to orthography regimes.

Table 4. Longitudinal distribution of < Macau>/<Macao > in HR-GIB.

Table 5. Frequency of < Macau>/<Macao > in LR according to region and identity.

Table 6. Frequency of < Macau>/<Macao > in Twitter according to region.

Table 7. Frequency of < Macau>/<Macao > in Twitter according to self-reported region and orthography regime.

Table 8. Two patterns of distribution in Orthography Regimes.

Figure 1. Road sign in Coloane, Macau (Photographed by the author).

Figure 1. Road sign in Coloane, Macau (Photographed by the author).

Figure 2. Two examples of < Macau > in LRR.

Figure 2. Two examples of < Macau > in LRR.

Table 9. Levels of indexicality and indexical meanings of < Macao>/<Macau>.