Chinese Sociolinguistics: Language and Identity in Greater China

By: Chunsheng Yang

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Synopsis: 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).

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 184 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781003827214
Related ISBNs:: 9781003344162, 9781032382432, 9781032382425
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 01/30/24
Copyrighted By:: Chunsheng Yang. The right of Chunsheng Yang to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Foreign Language Study, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.