Multilingualism in China

Name: Multilingualism in China | The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages 1949-2002
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The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages 1949-2002

Minglang Zhou(Autor*in)

De Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 24. Oktober 2012

XXII, 458 Seiten

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Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of tables
Abbreviations and names of minorities in China
Map 1 Distribution of minority nationalities and languages in China
Map 2 China: Autonomous regions and prefectures
Chapter 1 Minorities and minority languages in China
1.1. Historical developments of the Han and non-Han peoples
1.2. Official classification of the non-Han peoples
1.3. Distribution of minority communities
1.4. The classification and distribution of minority languages
1.5. Current status of minority languages
1.6. The organization of this book
Chapter 2 The politics of minority language policy, 1949-2002
2.1. Development of the CCP minorities policy before 1949
2.2. Theoretical foundation of the CCP minorities policy and later changes
2.3. The first pluralistic stage: 1949-1957
2.4. The Chinese monopolistic stage: 1958-1977
2.5. The second pluralistic stage: 1978-2002
Chapter 3 The politics of the status of writing systems: Official, experimental, or unofficial
3.1. Status of writing systems: The first pluralistic stage (1949-1957)
3.2. Status of writing systems: The Chinese monopolistic stage (1958-1977)
3.3. Status of writing systems: The second pluralistic stage (1978-2002)
3.4. Issues in China's minority language policy
Chapter 4 Choices of scripts and theories of writing systems: East vs. West
4.1. Western linguistics and the initial writing reforms for minority languages in the PRC
4.2. Modeling after the Soviet Union
4.3. Roman, IPA, and Cyrillic scripts: Conflicts and compromises
Chapter 5 The politics of vernacular writing systems
5.1. The Soviet model and proliferation of vernacular writing systems
5.2. Vernacular writing systems: Consolidation and withdrawal
5.3. Vernacular writing systems: Consolidation and proliferation
5.4. Relationship between standard and vernacular writing systems
Chapter 6 The politics of traditional and reformed writing systems
6.1. Between changing policies and written traditions: The Siniform script vs. the Roman alphabet
6.2. Between domestic and international politics: Reform of the Mongolian writing system
6.3. Between socialism and Islam: Reforms of the Uygur and Kazak writing systems
6.4. Between the state and Christian traditions: Reforms of missionary writing systems
6.5. Between the state and Buddhist traditions: Reforms of writing systems in Dai communities
6.6. Factors in the successes and failures of writing reforms
Chapter 7 Modernization: The politics and sociolinguistics of Chinese loanwords and minority language orthography
7.1. The early years of lexical modernization (1949-1955)
7.2. Central planning of lexical modernization before Pinyin
7.3. Lexical development for minority languages under the shadow of Pinyin
7.4. Pinyin as the model for modernization of orthography in minority languages
7.5. Diglossia of Chinese loanwords
7.6. The question of diversity in orthography and loanwords
7.7. Development of terminology regulations and bureaucracy
Chapter 8 Conclusion
8.1. The question of the interpretation of language legislation and the implementation of language policy
8.2. The question of equality for all (minority) languages
8.3. The question of the ideal script
8.4. The question of the model or models of writing system development
8.5. Concluding remarks
Notes
References
Subject index
Index of (officially recognized) minority nationalities and minority languages in China
Index of names of influencial persons

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