Ethnic minority languages in China : policy and practice / Zhou Qingsheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qingsheng, Zhou, author.

Series:

Language policies and practices in China ; Volume 5.

Language policies and practices in China ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities--China.

Linguistic minorities.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXVII, 441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book describes and analyzes the situation of minority languages in China.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Chapter 1 The social language situation in China

Chapter 2 Requiring Putonghua as the common language and encouraging ethnolinguistic diversity: The development of language policy in China

Chapter 3 The composition of the bilingual population in China

Chapter 4 Language, ethnicity, and identity in China

Chapter 5 The language situation of ethnic group in the transborder regions of China

Chapter 6 An investigation into bilingualism in Dehong Dai

Chapter 7 Language change and economic and social transition: The case of the Gin in China

Chapter 8 Overview of language variation

Chapter 9 The categories of language variation

Chapter 10 Variation of kinship terms in Dai

Chapter 11 Hierarchical structures and social functions of personal names in the Dai ethnic group

Chapter 12 Language loss and language maintenance: The example of Tungus

Chapter 13 Language policies and practices for ethnic groups introduced by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China during the National Government period (1927–1949)

Chapter 14 Ethnic language policies and their implementation during the reform and opening-up period

Chapter 15 Comparison of language laws in Tibet and Xinjiang

Chapter 16 Challenges and opportunities for ethnic minority languages in a time of social transformation

Chapter 17 The creation of writing systems and nation-building

Chapter 18 The creation and trial implementation of the Eastern Guizhou Miao writing system

Chapter 19 Three major reforms of writing systems in Xinjiang and Mongolia

Chapter 20 Assessment of the theory and practice of the standardization of the Yi writing system

Chapter 21 The development and problems of bilingual education in China

Chapter 22 Types of bilingual education in China

Chapter 23 A report on transitions between bilingual teaching models in China

Chapter 24 Three transitions in ethnic minority language teaching models

Chapter 25 Comparison of the motivations for second language acquisition among ethnic children

Chapter 26 Constructing a harmonious language life

References

Index

Notes:

includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501511837

1501511831

9781501511516

1501511513

OCLC:

1198931236