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Language policy in the People's Republic of China : theory and practice since 1949 /

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Other Authors: Zhou, Minglang, Sun, Hongkai
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Series:Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Language policy > China.
Chinese language > Reform.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The context of the theory and practice of China's language policy / Minglang Zhou, Heidi A. Ross
  • PART I: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE CENTER
  • Fifty years of script and written language reform in the PRC: the genesis of the language law of 2001 / John S. Rohsenow
  • The relationship between Putonghua and Chinese dialects / Longsheng Guo
  • The creation of writing systems and nation establishment: the case of China in the 1950s / Qingsheng Zhou
  • Minority language policy in China: equality in theory and inequality in practice / Minglang Zhou
  • PART II: THE CENTER VERSUS THE PERIPHERY IN PRACTICE
  • Language spread versus language maintenance: policy making and implementation process / Dongyan Ru Blachford
  • Good to hear: using the trope of standard to find one's way in a sea of linguistic diversity / Susan D. Blum
  • Plutonghua education and language policy in postcolonial Hong Kong / Bennan Zhang, Robin R.Yang
  • On the promotion of Putonghua in China: how a standard language becomes a vernacular / Claire Saillard
  • PART III: THEORIZING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES FROM THE PRACTICE
  • Theorizing over 40 years psersonal experiences with the creation and development of minority writing systems of China / Hongkai Sun
  • The use and development of Dai and is vernacular writing systems / Yaowen Zhou, Fenghe Fang
  • PART IV: THEORY AND PRACTICE VIEWED FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES
  • The use and development of Tibetan in China / Maocao Zhou
  • The introduction and development of the Zhuang writing system / Zulian Li, Quanxi Huang
  • Policies on the planning and use of the Yi language and writing systems / Zhongliang Pu
  • Language policy for Bai / Feng Wang
  • The use and development of Mongol and its writing systems in China / Caodaobateer
  • Language policy and standardization of Korean in China / Pingwu Tai
  • PART V: FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION POLICY AND MODERNIZATION
  • Foreign language education in the PRC: a brief overview / LuMing Mao, Yue Min
  • Postscript: Language matters in China: an anthropological postscript / Ann M. Hill.