Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China: A Linguistic Ethnography

By Sihua Liang

Book Overview

Part I. Introduction: Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Backgrounds.- 1. Dialect Issues in Multilingual China: A Dog that has Barked.- 2. The Polictics and Sociolinguistics of Chinese Dialects.- Part II. Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks.- 3. Researching Language Attitudes in Multilingual China.- Part III. Becoming Members of a Multidialectal City.- 4. "Mother Tongues" of a Multidialectal City.- 5. Language Socialisation in Multidialectal Households: A Case Study.- 6. Translanguaging Practices in Multidialectal Groups.- Part IV. Putonghua and Regional Dialects at School.- 7. Language Socialisation in Educational Institutions.- 8. Teachers' Attitude Towards Dialects in School.- Part V. Discussion and Reflection.- 9. Problematizing the Monolingual Norm in a Multidialectal City.- 10. Schools in the Era of Multilingualism.- 11. Language Attitudes in Heteroglossia: Methodological Reflections.- Appendix one: The Students' Profiles.- Appendix two: The Schools and the Teachers' Profiles.- Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331937902X
• ISBN13: 9783319379029
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"