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1 online resource |
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Language policies and practices in China, 2195-9838 ; volume 1 |
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Language policies and practices in China ; v. 1.
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| Contents |
Understanding China's situation through its language life Foreword to The Language Situation in China: English Version Vol. 1 (2006-2007); Introduction: Building a harmonious language life; I Language Work; 1 Language policies and regulations in China: An overview; 2 The promotion of Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese): An overview; 3 Evaluation of language management in China's cities; 4 Language standardization in China; 5 Language resource monitoring and applied research on language; 6 The status of the language in the press and publishing; 7 Use of language in radio and television broadcasting |
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8 Standardization of scientific terms in China9 Ethnic minority bilingual education in China; 10 The standardization and computerization of minority languages and writing; 11 Cross-provincial cooperation in enhancing the development of the spoken and written languages of the ethnic minorities in China; II Special Research; 12 Status quo of language use in medical documents and on medicinal packages; 13 The Language status of migrant workers; 14 Efforts of creating a good language environment for Běijīng Olympic Games: A brief report |
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15 A survey of Shànghǎi students' use of Putonghua and Shanghai dialect16 Status quo of the Jinuo language; 17 A survey of Chinese characters, words and phrases used in news media (2005-2006); 18 Investigation of Tibetan language informationization and software use; 19 An investigation into lettered words; III Language Focuses; 20 Dialect craze; 21 Controversy in Chinese language education: Classical or vernacular?; 22 Language endangerment; 23 The craze for English; 24 The use of characters for names; 25 Chinese buzzwords (2002-2006); 26 A survey of media neologisms in 2006 |
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IV Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan27 Putonghua in Hong Kong; 28 Language and language policy in Hong Kong; 29 Language situation and language policy in Macao; 30 The Linguistic situation and language policy in Taiwan; 31 Internet language use; Appendixes; 1 Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language; 2 List of Standards for Language and Writing Planning; 3 List of Languages in China; 4 List of Institutions for Chinese Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; 5 Directories of Language Journals and Newspapers; 6 Distribution of Chinese Population Worldwide |
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7 A Record of Major Chinese Language Events (2005)8 A Record of Major Chinese Language Events (2006); Contents (Chinese version 2005); Contents (Chinese version 2006); Postscript; List of authors of the original Chinese text; Editorial Teams of the English Edition; Index |
| Summary |
China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups, and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning, new trends in language use, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Now these reports are available in English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Language policy -- China
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Language planning -- China
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Chinese language -- Variation
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Language and education -- China
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Language and culture -- China
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Bilingualism -- China
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English language -- Study and teaching -- China
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Bilingualism
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Chinese language -- Variation
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English language -- Study and teaching
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Language and culture
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Language and education
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Language and languages
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Language planning
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Language policy
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024150
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yuming, Li, editor
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Li, Wei, 1961 August 11- editor.
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| ISBN |
1614512531 |
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9781614512530 |
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