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The language situation in China. Volume 3, 2009-2010

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China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's languge, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.

Title The language situation in China. Volume 3, 2009-2010 / editor-in-chief, Li Yuming [and five others]
translation advisors, Zhao Shouhui, Yao Xiaoping, Rudolf Salzlechner.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Boston, [Massachusetts]
Beijing, China : De Gruyter Mouton : The Commercial Press
Creation Date 2015
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
English
Content Frontmatter -- Language issues in China’s urbanization process in the context of globalization -- Contents -- 1. An update on the use and management of standard spoken and written Chinese -- 2. Current situation of the management of spoken and written languages -- 3. Present situation of the work concerning ethnic languages -- 4. Sixty years’ work with spoken and written languages -- 5. The global spread of the Chinese language -- 6. Development of the language information industry in China -- 7. The use of sign language and related issues -- 8. The language of Chinese films and TV series -- 9. Folk cant and folk life -- 10. The development of an international language environment in Beijing -- 11. The Beijing migrant children’s language and identity -- 12. Language barrier and assistance during the earthquake relief operations in Yushu, Qinghai Province -- 13. A survey of the Russian language use in Inner Mongolia’s Ergun City -- 14. Compilation of dictionaries of the Chinese language -- 15. Chinglish at the crossroads -- 16. The academic community on language life -- 17. Chinese characters: Traditional versus simplified debate -- 18. Debate on The General Table of Standard Chinese Characters -- 19. A heated discussion on the “crisis in writing Chinese characters” -- 20. Reflections on the incident of the “Preservation of Cantonese” in Guangzhou -- 21. The phenomenon of the Martian language -- 22. Chinese Internet buzzwords and catchphrases of 2009 -- 23. Comparisons of Chinese characters, words and phrases used in the media (2005–2009) -- 24. Chinese neologisms of the year (2009–2010) -- 25. A survey of annual catchwords in the media (2009–2010) -- 26. Changes in biliteracy and trilingualism in the Hong Kong education sector -- 27. Survey of “Yuanxingdi” as street name in Macau -- 28. Language situation in Taiwan (2009–2010) -- 29 Special. Social responses spurred on by the Report on the Language Situation in China -- Newspapers in written Chinese minority languages -- A record of major Chinese language events (2009) -- A record of major Chinese language events (2010) -- Contents (Chinese version 2009) -- Contents (Chinese version 2011) -- Postscript -- Editorial Teams of the English Edition -- Index
Series Language Policies and Practices in China, 2195-9838
Volume 3
Extent 1 online resource (420 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2015
National Library system number 997010719337105171
MARC RECORDS
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