2012-2013
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Introducing the current language situation in China, this edited volume is comprehensive and covers a wide variety of topics, which helps global readers understand and appreciate the rich cultural and language diversity of China." Dongmei Cheng in: LINGUIST List 31.384, Jan 27 2020, https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-2979.htmlMore details
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Content
- Intro
- Scientific protection of ethnic languages
- Contents
- Part I. Language work
- 1. Outline of the National Mid- and Long-term Reform and Development Plan on Spoken and Written Languages (2012-2020)
- 2 Twelfth Five-year Research Plan of the State Language Commission
- 3. Confucius Institutes Development Plan (2012-2020)
- 4. Language application management
- 5. Language and information management
- 6. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the National Law of Standard Spoken and Written Language
- 7. Raise the language awareness of society
- Part II. Special research
- 8. International dissemination of the Chinese language
- 9. The United Nations Chinese Language Day
- 10. China's foreign language capacity
- 11. The economic value of language in Nanjing's service industry
- 12. Society-oriented language tests
- 13. Protection of the intellectual property rights of digital Chinese fonts
- 14. Decline and protection of the mother tongues of the northern ethnic groups
- 15. Cross-border ethnic minority languages
- 16. Survey on the use of Braille
- 17. Language situation of foreign residents in Xiaobei Road, Guangzhou
- 18. Language use of the military
- Part III. Language focuses
- 19. Dialects protection debate
- 20. A heated debate on lettered expressions in Chinese dictionaries
- 21. Microblogging and its language
- 22. Place-renaming fever
- 23. Changes and usage of languages in different societal domains in Hong Kong
- 24. Survey on the use of Putonghua in Macau
- 25. Language situation in China Taiwan
- 26. Analysis of the use of language through the eighth population census of China Taiwan
- 27. Popular words and phrases
- 28. New words and phrases in 2011-2012, and a comprehensive survey of new words and phrases in 2006-2010
- Appendix
- Memorabilia of language work in 2011
- Memorabilia of language work in 2012
- Notice on further regulating the use of ethnic minority languages and Chinese
- Contents (Chinese version 2013)
- Contents (Chinese version 2012)
- Editorial Teams of the English Edition
- Index
