Language attitudes and identities in multilingual China : a linguistic ethnography /

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Author / Creator:Liang, Sihua, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2015]
©2015
Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11090358
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ISBN:9783319126197
3319126199
9783319126180
3319126180 (print)
9783319126180 (print)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2014).
Summary: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.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319126180
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-12619-7