Language attitudes and identities in multilingual China : a linguistic ethnography /: a linguistic ethnography. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sihua Liang.
• Authors: Liang, Sihua
• Contents: Transcription Conventions; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Part I; Introduction: Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Backgrounds; 1.1 The Report and the Denial of the "Cantonese Day"; Chapter-1; Dialect Issues in Multilingual China: A Dog That Has Barked; 1.2 The Protest triggered by a Survey; References; 2.1 The Language-Dialect Issue in the Chinese Context; Chapter-2; The Politics and Sociolinguistics of Chinese Dialects; 2.2 A Historical and Sociolinguistic Overview; 2.2.1 General Introduction; 2.2.2 Nearly a National Standard? 2.2.3 Cantonese: A Dialect of Prestige and Exception2.3 Language Policies Regarding Chinese Dialects since the 1950s: an International Dimension; 2.3.1 Mainland China: A Web of Language Policies for the Promotion of Putonghua; 2.3.2 Hong Kong: Linguistic Autonomy and Dependence; 2.3.3 Singapore: The Speak Mandarin Campaign and the Redefinition of "Mother Tongues"; 2.4 Summary; References; Part II; Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks; Chapter-3; Researching Language Attitudes in Multilingual China; 3.1 Researching Language Attitudes; 3.1.1 Attitudes as Mental Constructs. 3.1.2 Attitudes as Discursive Practice3.1.3 Previous Research on Chinese Dialects; 3.2 Conceptual Framework of the Current Book; 3.2.1 Basic Assumptions; 3.2.2 Empirical Foci and Analytical Concepts; 3.2.2.1 Contextualisation; 3.2.2.2 Code-Switching, Translanguaging, and Heteroglossia; 3.2.2.3 Language Preference; 3.2.2.4 Language Crossing; 3.2.2.5 Language Ideology; 3.2.3 Research Design: Linguistic Ethnography; 3.2.4 Fieldwork and Data Collection; 3.2.5 The Roles of the Ethnographer; References; Part III; Becoming Members of a Multidialectal City; "Mother Tongues" of a Multidialectal City. Chapter-44.1 Overview of the Setting and the Participants; 4.1.1 Multidialectal Guangzhou: Migration and Demographic Changes; 4.1.2 Profiles of the Two School Communities; 4.2 Who Speaks What in Guangzhou; 4.2.1 I Speak Putonghua but I am a Guangzhouer; 4.2.2 What if You Are a Half-Hunannese?; 4.2.3 A Discredited Cantonese Speaker; 4.3 Summary; References; Chapter-5; Language Socialisation in Multidialectal Households: A Case Study; 5.1 Language Shift Within the Family; 5.2 Rules of Speaking at Home; 5.3 The Importance of Being Multilingual; References; Chapter-6. Translanguaging Practices in Multidialectal Groups6.1 Mischief, Learning, and Having Fun; 6.2 Confrontations; References; Part IV; Putonghua and Regional Dialects at School; 7.1 Teachers' Mediation of Language Policies; Chapter-7; Language Socialisation in Educational Institutions; 7.1.1 The Legitimate Language; 7.1.2 Habits and Conventions; 7.2 Students: Making Sense of the Rules of Speaking at School; 7.2.1 The Explicit Ban on Dialects; 7.2.2 The Implicit Rules of Speaking: A Case Study; 7.3 Summary; References; Teachers' Attitudes Towards Dialects in School; Chapter-8.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4460951; Education; Multilingualism -- China; Languages in contact -- China; Linguistic minorities -- China; Sociolinguistics -- China; Language and languages; Sociolinguistics; Applied linguistics; Linguistic anthropology; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Language and languages; Languages in contact; Linguistic minorities; Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Sociolinguistics; Educational strategies & policy; Language: reference & general; Ethnic studies; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Education; Language Education; Sociolinguistics; Educational Policy and Politics; Applied Linguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; China -- Languages; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319126197; 3319126199
• Related ISBNs: 9783319126180; 3319126180; 9783319126180
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2014).
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