Minority languages of China

  • This chapter looks at language endangerment in the People's Republic of China, focusing on three of the main factors that influence language maintenance in China today: increased contact due to population movements and changes in the economy; the population policies of the government, particularly the identification of nationalities and languages; and the education system, particularly bilingual education. Finally, we give a brief account of the major efforts to document endangered languages.

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Author:Dory Poa, Randy J. LaPollaORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1157532
URL:http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla//rjlapolla/papers/Minority_Languages.pdf
Parent Title (German):The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim, ed. by Osahito Miyaoka and Michael E. Krauss
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Place of publication:Oxford
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2010/07/13
Year of first Publication:2007
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/07/13
GND Keyword:Sinotibetische Sprachen; Chinesisch; Bedrohte Sprache; Sprachkontakt
Page Number:19
First Page:337
Last Page:354
Source:http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla//rjlapolla/papers/Minority_Languages.pdf ; (in:) The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim, ed. by Osahito Miyaoka and Michael E. Krauss. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, S. 337-354
HeBIS-PPN:22884410X
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Bilingualismus/Mehrsprachigkeit / Bilingualism/Multilingualism
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht