Language Ideology and Order in Rising China
Autor Minglang Zhouen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 ian 2019
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 growth and military expansion. Within the conceptual framework of language ideology and language order and using PRC policy documents, education annals, and fieldwork, this book explores how China’s language ideology is related to its growing global power as well as its domestic and global outreaches. It also addresses how this ideology has been materialized as a language order in terms of institutional development and support, and what impact these choices are having on China and the world. Focusing on the relationship between language ideology and language order, the book highlights a closer and coherent linguistic association between China’s domestic drive and global outreach sincethe turn of the century.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789811334825
ISBN-10: 981133482X
Pagini: 293
Ilustrații: XXIII, 306 p. 3 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore
ISBN-10: 981133482X
Pagini: 293
Ilustrații: XXIII, 306 p. 3 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore
Cuprins
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.
Recenzii
“This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date investigation into the role of language as a component of nation-state building and soft power in China’s rise over the past two decades. … He makes theoretical contributions to the study of language policy and planning, and the work is primarily intended for scholars of sociolinguistics. The rich data, cogent analyses and interdisciplinary approach also make it useful for experts in related fields and, indeed, for any reader interested in contemporary China.” (Hongyuan Dong, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, May 11, 2021)
Notă biografică
Minglang Zhou is Associate Professor and Director of the Chinese Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA and teaches courses on Chinese linguistics, China studies, and Chinese as a second language. He earned his doctoral degree from Michigan State University. His research interests include the sociology of language, sociolinguistics, ethnic affairs in China, and teaching Chinese as a second/global language.
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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 growth and military expansion. Within the conceptual framework of language ideology and language order and using PRC policy documents, education annals, and fieldwork, this book explores how China’s language ideology is related to its growing global power as well as its domestic and global outreaches. It also addresses how this ideology has been materialized as a language order in terms of institutional development and support, and what impact these choices are having on China and the world. Focusing on the relationship between language ideology and language order, the book highlights a closer and coherent linguistic association between China’s domestic drive and global outreach since the turn ofthe century.
Caracteristici
Discusses the significance of language ideology and language order as a conceptual framework in examining nation-state building Examines the materialization of this ideology and its impact on China's global position Contends that China’s promotion of Putonghua is the cultural leg of a tripod (economic, military, cultural) which supports China’s rising.