Binding: Paperback
Description: Chinese Sociolinguistics examines the ways in which language contributes to shaping social cultural and ethnic identities in Greater China. This book is the first textbook to be exclusively devoted to the issues of language society and identity in mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong Singapore and overseas Chinese communities (the Greater China). The book includes topics on the role of language in Chinese culture; the linguistic indexing of socioeconomic class; dialects and regional language variation; the impacts of state policies; linguistic borrowings; bilingualism and bicultural identity; and language shift and attrition. The emergence of new forms of language as influenced by modern technologies and possible future developments is also discussed in this book. This book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Chinese sociolinguistics particularly with a focus on language identity and society in Greater China. This book will also be of interest to members of the Chinese Language Teachers Association and the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (Actfl).
Title: Chinese Sociolinguistics Language And Identity In Greater China
Author(s): Yang Chunsheng
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032382425
Pages: 152 Pages, 2 Tables, Black And White; 8 Line Drawings, Black And White; 10 Halftones, Black And Whit
Publication Date: 1/31/2024
Category: Regional Studies