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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818378403321

Autore

Tsung L

Titolo

Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China / / by L. Tsung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-50460-6

9786612504600

0-230-23440-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities

Disciplina

306.44/951

306.44951

Soggetti

Oriental literature

Languages

Language and languages

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Popular culture - Study and teaching

Philology

Asian Literature

Asian Languages

Linguistics, general

Cultural Studies

Language and Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Map and Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Series Editor's Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Minority Communities and Languages; 3 Minorities in the Past: Historical Experience; 4 New Policies and Practices under Communism; 5 Minority Language Issues under the Open Door; 6 Language, Education and Communities in Xinjiang; 7 Bilingual Models of Minority Education in Yunnan; 8 Minority Communities in Post-colonial Hong



Kong; 9 Progress, Challenges and Prospects; Appendix 1 Population of Ethnic Groups from China's Fifth Census in 2000

Appendix 2 Numbers of Autonomous Prefectures/Counties/Banners and Population in Autonomous Areas of Some RegionsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China.