Ethnic Minority Languages in China : : Policy and Practice / / Qingsheng Zhou.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Zhou, Qingsheng,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Language Policies and Practices in China [LPPC] , 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXVII, 441 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Part 1: Overview --; 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 --; Part 2: Language life --; 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 --; Part 3: Language variation and change --; 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 --; Part 4: Language maintenance --; Chapter 12 Language loss and language maintenance: The example of Tungus --; Part 5: Language policies and practices --; 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 --; Part 6: Innovation in and reform of writing systems --; 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 --; Part 7: Bilingual education and motivations for second language acquisition --; 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 --; Part 8: Conclusion --; Chapter 26 Constructing a harmonious language life --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501511837; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110659061; 9783110743166; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704761; 9783110704563
• ISSN: 2195-9838
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501511837
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Qingsheng Zhou.

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