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Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China
Theory and Practice Since 1949
Language Policy
VOLUME 4
Series Editors:
Bernard Spolsky,
Bar-Ilan University,
Israel
Elana Shohamy,
Tel Aviv University,
Israel
Editorial Board:
Claire Kramsch,
University of California at Berkeley,
USA
Georges Lüdi,
University of Basel,
Switzerland
Normand Labrie,
University of Toronto,
Canada
Anne Pakir,
Singapore University,
Singapore
John Trim,
Former Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge,
UK
Guadalupe Valdes,
Stanford University,
USA
The last half century has witnessed an explosive shift in language diversity not unlike the
Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, but involving now a rapid spread of global
languages and an associated threat to small languages. The diffusion of global languages,
the stampede towards English, the counter-pressures in the form of ethnic efforts to
reverse or slow the process, the continued determination of nation-states to assert national
identity through language, and, in an opposite direction, the greater tolerance shown to
multilingualism and the increasing concern for language rights, all these are working to
make the study of the nature and possibilities of language policy and planning a field of
swift growth.
The series will publish empirical studies of general language policy or of language
education policy, or monographs dealing with the theory and general nature of the field.
We welcome detailed accounts of language policy-making - who is involved, what is
done, how it develops, why it is attempted. We will publish research dealing with the
development of policy under different conditions and the effect of implementation. We
will be interested in accounts of policy development by governments and governmental
agencies, by large international companies, foundations, and organizations, as well as the
efforts of groups attempting to resist or modify governmental policies. We will also
consider empirical studies that are relevant to policy of a general nature, e.g. the local
effects of the developing European policy of starting language teaching earlier, the
numbers of hours of instruction needed to achieve competence, selection and training of
language teachers, the language effects of the Internet. Other possible topics include the
legal basis for language policy, the role of social identity in policy development, the
influence of political ideology on language policy, the role of economic factors, policy as
a reflection of social change.
The series is intended for scholars in the field of language policy and others interested in
the topic, including sociolinguists, educational and applied linguists, language planners,
language educators, sociologists, political scientists, and comparative educationalists.
Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China
Theory and Practice Since 1949
Edited by
Minglang Zhou
Dickinson College, U.S.A.
Consulting Editor
Hongkai Sun
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW
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