ISBN:
9783319126197
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (203 pages)
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DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Multilingualism ; China..
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Languge policy ; China
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
These in-depth case studies provide novel insights in to the fast-changing language situation in multilingual China, and how it changes the meanings of language identity and language learning. This linguistic ethnographic study of language attitudes and identities in contemporary China in the era of multilingualism provides a comprehensive and critical review of the state of the art in the field of language-attitude research, and situates attitudes towards Chinese regional dialects in their social, historical as well as local contexts. The role of language policies and the links between the interactional phenomena and other contextual factors are investigated through the multi-level analysis of linguistic ethnographic data. This study captures the long-term language socialisation process and the moment-to-moment construction of language attitudes at a level of detail that is rarely seen. The narrative is presented in a highly readable style, without compromising the theoretical sophistication and sociolinguistic complexities..
Abstract:
Intro -- Transcription Conventions -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I -- Introduction: Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Backgrounds -- Chapter-1 -- Dialect Issues in Multilingual China: A Dog That Has Barked -- 1.1 The Report and the Denial of the "Cantonese Day" -- 1.2 The Protest triggered by a Survey -- References -- Chapter-2 -- The Politics and Sociolinguistics of Chinese Dialects -- 2.1 The Language-Dialect Issue in the Chinese Context -- 2.2 A Historical and Sociolinguistic Overview -- 2.2.1 General Introduction -- 2.2.2 Nearly a National Standard? -- 2.2.3 Cantonese: A Dialect of Prestige and Exception -- 2.3 Language Policies Regarding Chinese Dialects since the 1950s: an International Dimension -- 2.3.1 Mainland China: A Web of Language Policies for the Promotion of Putonghua -- 2.3.2 Hong Kong: Linguistic Autonomy and Dependence -- 2.3.3 Singapore: The Speak Mandarin Campaign and the Redefinition of "Mother Tongues" -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- Part II -- Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks -- Chapter-3 -- Researching Language Attitudes in Multilingual China -- 3.1 Researching Language Attitudes -- 3.1.1 Attitudes as Mental Constructs -- 3.1.2 Attitudes as Discursive Practice -- 3.1.3 Previous Research on Chinese Dialects -- 3.2 Conceptual Framework of the Current Book -- 3.2.1 Basic Assumptions -- 3.2.2 Empirical Foci and Analytical Concepts -- 3.2.2.1 Contextualisation -- 3.2.2.2 Code-Switching, Translanguaging, and Heteroglossia -- 3.2.2.3 Language Preference -- 3.2.2.4 Language Crossing -- 3.2.2.5 Language Ideology -- 3.2.3 Research Design: Linguistic Ethnography -- 3.2.4 Fieldwork and Data Collection -- 3.2.5 The Roles of the Ethnographer -- References -- Part III -- Becoming Members of a Multidialectal City -- Chapter-4 -- "Mother Tongues" of a Multidialectal City.
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