Title: Language policy in the People's Republic of China : theory and practice since 1949
Abstract: Table of contents List of contributors Preface by the series editors Bernard Spolsky and Elana Shohamy Foreword Victor H. Mair Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: The Context of the Theory and Practice of China's Language Policy Minglang Zhou and Heidi A. Ross Part I: Theory and Practice in the Center 2. Fifty Years of Script and Written Language Reform in the PRC: The Genesis of the Language Law of 2001 John S. Rohsenow 3. The Relationship between Putonghua and Chinese Dialects Longsheng Guo 4. The Creation of Writing Systems and Nation Establishment: The Case of China in the 1950s Qingsheng Zhou 5. Minority Language Policy in China: Equality in Theory and Inequality in Practice Minglang Zhou Part II: The Center Versus the Periphery in Practice 6. Language Spread Versus Language Maintenance: Policy Making and Implementation Process Dongyan Ru Blachford 7. Good to Hear: Using the Trope of Standard to Find One's Way in a Sea of Linguistic Diversity Susan D. Blum 8. Putonghua Education and Language Policy in Postcolonial Hong Kong Bennan Zhang and Robin R. Yang 9. On the Promotion of Putonghua in China: How a Standard Language Becomes a Vernacular Claire Saillard Part III: Theorizing Personal Experiences from the Practice 10. Theorizing over 40 Years Personal Experiences with the Creation and Development of Minority Writing Systems of China Hongkai Sun 11. The Use and Development of Dai and Its Vernacular Writing Systems Yaowen Zhou and Fenghe Fang Part IV: Theory and Practiced Viewed from Minority Communities 12. The Use and Development of Tibetan in China Maocao Zhou 13. The Introduction and Development of the Zhuang Writing System Xulian Li and Quanxi Huang 14. Policies on the Planning and Use of the Yi Language and Writing Systems Zhongliang Pu 15. Language Policy for Bai Feng Wang 16. The Use and Development of Mongol and Its Writing Systems inChina Caodaobateer 17. Language Policy and Standardization of Korean in China Pingwu Tai Part V: Foreign Language Education Policy and Modernization 18. Foreign Language Education in the PRC: A Brief Overview LuMing Mao and Yue Min Postscript 19. Language Matters in China: An Anthropological Postscript Ann M. Hill Index
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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