Language Policy in the People's Republic of China: Theory and Practice Since 1949 Hardcover - 2004 - 2004th Edition
by Minglang Zhou (Editor); Hongkai Sun (Editor)
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Language matters in China. It is about power, identity, opportunities, and, above all, passion and nationalism. During the past five decades China's language engineering projects transformed its linguistic landscape, affecting over one billion people's lives, including both the majority and minority populations. The Han majority have been juggling between their home vernaculars and the official speech, Putonghua - a speech of no native speakers - and reading their way through a labyrinth of the traditional, simplified, and Pinyin (Roman) scripts. Moreover, the various minority groups have been struggling between their native languages and Chinese, maintaining the former for their heritages and identities and learning the latter for quality education and socioeconomic advancement.
The contributors of this volume provide the first comprehensive scrutiny of this sweeping linguistic revolution from three unique perspectives. First, outside scholars critically question the parities between constitutional rights and actual practices and between policies and outcomes. Second, inside policy practitioners review their own project involvements and inside politics, pondering over missteps, undergoing soul-searching, and theorizing their personal experiences. Third, scholars of minority origin give inside views of policy implementations and challenges in their home communities. The volume sheds light on the complexity of language policy making and implementing as well as on the politics and ideology of language in contemporary China.
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- Title Language Policy in the People's Republic of China: Theory and Practice Since 1949
- Author Minglang Zhou (Editor); Hongkai Sun (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 2004th
- Edition 2004
- Pages 345
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Date 2004-09-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781402080388 / 1402080387
- Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.06 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Language policy - China, Chinese language - Reform
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004053819
- Dewey Decimal Code 409.51
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