Language Ideology and Order in Rising China

• Main Author: Zhou, Minglang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Chinese language.; Ethnology-Asia.; Asia-Politics and government.; Languages.; Language and languages.; Chinese.; Asian Culture.; Asian Politics.; Asian Languages.

This text considers contemporary China's language ideology and how it supports China as a rising global power player. It examines the materialization of this ideology as China's language order unfolds on two front, promoting Putonghua domestically and globally, alongside its economic growt...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Rising China
• Defining Language Ideology and Language Order
• Synchronizing the Chinese Language
• Harmonizing Linguistic Diversity
• Evaluating Languages
• Reordering Languages along China's Borders
• Promoting Chinese across Borders
• Outreaching to Overseas Chinese Communities
• Conclusion.