Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China

Sihua Liang

ISBN 10: 331937902X / ISBN 13: 9783319379029

Edité par Springer International Publishing, Springer Aug 2016, 2016

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Neuware -These in-depth case studies provide novel insights in to the fast-changing language situation in multilingual China, and how it changes the meanings of language identity and language learning. This linguistic ethnographic study of language attitudes and identities in contemporary China in the era of multilingualism provides a comprehensive and critical review of the state of the art in the field of language-attitude research, and situates attitudes towards Chinese regional dialects in their social, historical as well as local contexts.The role of language policies and the links between the interactional phenomena and other contextual factors are investigated through the multi-level analysis of linguistic ethnographic data. This study captures the long-term language socialisation process and the moment-to-moment construction of language attitudes at a level of detail that is rarely seen. The narrative is presented in a highly readable style, without compromising the theoretical sophistication and sociolinguistic complexities.

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• Titre: Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China
• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing, Springer Aug 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 331937902X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783319379029
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 155 H x 13 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 13 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 341 grammes

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These in-depth case studies provide novel insights in to the fast-changing language situation in multilingual China, and how it changes the meanings of language identity and language learning. This linguistic ethnographic study of language attitudes and identities in contemporary China in the era of multilingualism provides a comprehensive and critical review of the state of the art in the field of language-attitude research, and situates attitudes towards Chinese regional dialects in their social, historical as well as local contexts.

The role of language policies and the links between the interactional phenomena and other contextual factors are investigated through the multi-level analysis of linguistic ethnographic data. This study captures the long-term language socialisation process and the moment-to-moment construction of language attitudes at a level of detail that is rarely seen. The narrative is presented in a highly readable style, without compromising the theoretical sophistication and sociolinguistic complexities.