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Language policy and ideology: Greater China

Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics, 2013
This chapter discusses language policies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR since 1997) and Taiwan. The term “Greater China” refers to these three territories. Contemporary language policies in the region are driven by the need for, and play a vital role in, building a unified modern nation-state. The discussion notes that language policy is informed and shaped by language ideologies and attitudes, as well as by sociohistorical, geopolitical, and economic considerations. All three territories have witnessed drastic socioeconomic and political change since the last two decades of the twentieth century. Such transformations have undoubtedly left their impact on their languages and language policies....Read more
Zhang, Qing. 2013. Language policy and ideology: Greater China. In Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron, and Ceil Lucas (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics, 563-586. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zhang, Qing. 2013. Language policy and ideology: Greater China. In Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron, and Ceil Lucas (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics, 563-586. Oxford: Oxford University Press.