Language Rights in a Changing China A National Overview and Zhuang Case Study
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 polic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2021]
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| Series: | Contributions to the sociology of language ;
v.113. |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
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