Multilingualism in China: The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages 1949-2002

by Minglang Zhou

Minglang Zhou's highly erudite and well-researched volume on the policies concerning writing reforms for China's minorities since 1949 provides an original and well-reasoned summary of a complex process. It documents how different script reforms meet dramatically different fates according to local preferences, history, cross-border ties, and the vitality of previously-used scripts. It convincingly shows that no single variable is decisive in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110178966
• ISBN13: 9783110178968
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary