Language Ideology and Order in Rising China

by Minglang Zhou

This text considers contemporary China's language ideology and how it supports China as a rising global power player. It examines the materialization of this ideology as China's language order unfolds on two front, promoting Putonghua domestically and globally, alongside its economic growth and military expansion. Within the conceptual framework of language ideology and language order and using PRC policy documents, education annals, and fieldwork,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981133482X
• ISBN13: 9789811334825
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"