Language Rights in a Changing China : : A National Overview and Zhuang Case Study /

Language Rights in a Changing China : : A National Overview and Zhuang Case Study / / Alexandra Grey.

China has had constitutional minority language rights for decades, but what do they mean today? Answering with nuance and empirical detail, this book examines the rights through a sociolinguistic study of Zhuang, the language of China’s largest minority group. The analysis traces language policy fro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Grey, Alexandra,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 113
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XVIII, 342 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: Foundations
  • 1 An ethnographic study of contemporary Chinese language rights
  • 2 What is Zhuang? A critical sociolinguistic profile
  • Part II: Laws and Governance Structures
  • 3 The foundational language rights: Legal provisions about minority languages and minority peoples
  • 4 Beliefs about law and language
  • 5 The structural distribution of language governance powers
  • Part III: Lived Linguistic Landscapes
  • 6 Visual ideologies of Zhuang in linguistic landscapes
  • 7 New semiotic displays of old “Zhuangness”
  • 8 The multiple meanings of Zhuang displays in lived landscapes
  • 9 Linguascaping through language policy
  • Part IV: Conclusions
  • 10 Summary and conclusions regarding language rights in a changing China
  • 11 General implications for language rights and policy research and practice
  • Appendix
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Index

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