Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China Theory and Practice Since 1949 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhou, Minglang (Editor), Sun, Hongkai (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: Language Policy, 4
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Political science.; Languages.; Language and languages.; Chinese language.; Sociolinguistics.; Political Science.; Chinese.; Asian Languages.

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...