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Author Moody, Andrew J

Title Macau's languages in society and education : planning in a multilingual ecology / Andrew J. Moody
Published Cham : Springer, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Series Multilingual Education ; v. 39
Multilingual education ; v. 39.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Linguistic Ecology of Multilingual Communities -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Language Ecology and History in the Definition of National Languages -- 1.2.1 Multilingualism -- 1.2.2 Language Ecology -- 1.2.3 Standard Languages in Multilingual Societies -- 1.2.4 The Standard Language Ideology (SLI) in Multilingual Societies -- 1.3 Ideologies of Language and Cultural Contact -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References
2 The Sociolinguistics of Size: How Multilingualism in a Small Society Differs from a Large One -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Defining Macau -- 2.2.1 Naming Macau -- 2.2.2 Administration of Macau -- 2.2.3 Macau's Economy -- 2.3 Sociolinguistic, Socio-Economic and Historical Factors Related to Macau's Linguistic Ecology -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Historical Contexts of Multilingualism: Chinese Languages of Macau (1500-1999) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Official Status of Chinese in Macau -- 3.3 Cantonese -- 3.4 Hokkien -- 3.5 Other Chinese Languages -- 3.5.1 Chiu Chau -- 3.5.2 Hakka
3.6 Putonghua -- 3.6.1 Standardisation of Putonghua (Spoken Standard) -- 3.6.2 Standardisation of Standard Written Chinese -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Historical Contexts of Multilingualism: Non-Chinese Languages of Macau (1500-1999) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Colonial Languages -- 4.2.1 Portuguese -- 4.2.2 English -- 4.2.3 Spanish, Dutch and Others -- 4.3 Regional Non-Chinese Languages -- 4.3.1 Japanese -- 4.3.2 Malay -- 4.3.3 Konkani and Hindi -- 4.3.4 Burmese -- 4.3.5 Timorese and Other South East Asian Languages -- 4.4 Contact Languages -- 4.4.1 Makista
4.4.2 Chinese Pidgin English -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Overview of Social and Educational Changes to Macau: Twenty Years After the 1999 Handover -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Macau Society Since 1999 -- 5.2.1 Population and Demographic Changes -- 5.2.2 Economic and Social Developments -- 5.2.3 Educational Development -- 5.3 Linguistic Ecology -- 5.3.1 Official Language Policy -- 5.3.2 Chinese: Cantonese, Putonghua and Other Chinese Languages -- 5.3.3 Portuguese -- 5.3.4 English -- 5.4 Educational Languages and Language Policy -- 5.4.1 Discourse of Integration
5.4.2 Discourse of Autonomy -- 5.4.3 Merging the Discourses of Integration and Autonomy -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Language and Educational Language Policy in Childhood Education: Pre-primary and Primary Education -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Languages and Language Ecology -- 6.3 Pre-Primary Schools and Mediums of Instruction -- 6.4 Primary Schools and Mediums of Instruction -- 6.5 Language Curriculum and Language Policy -- 6.5.1 Pre-Primary Curriculum -- 6.5.2 Primary Curriculum -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References
Summary This book examines the role of English within education and society in the quickly changing city of Macau. Macaus multilingual language ecology offers the unique opportunity to examine language planning and policy issues within a small speech community. The languages within the ecology include several Chinese varieties, such as Cantonese, Putonghua and Hokkien, European languages like Portuguese and English, and a number of Asian languages that include, among others, Burmese, Filipino languages, Japanese, Timorese, etc. As the smallest city in South China's Pearl River Delta, Macau has sought to maintain cultural and linguistic independence from its larger neighbours, and independence has been built upon an historic commitment to multilingualism and cultural plurality. As economic development and globalisation offer new opportunities to a growing middle class, the sociolinguistics of a small society constrain and influence the language policies that the territory seeks to implement. Macau's multilingual and pluralistic response to language needs within the territory echoes historical responses to similar challenges and suggests that small communities function sociolinguistically in ways that differ from larger communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Multilingual education -- China -- Macau
Language policy -- China -- Macau
Ecology.
Language policy
Ecology
Multilingual education
Ensenyament multilingüe.
Política lingüística.
China -- Macau
Macau (Xina)
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030682651
303068265X